“Terrorism in Libya, the Sahel and Sahara, and in Egypt as well, and the clear ability of terrorist organisations to move, cooperate and support each other, necessitate that countries on the continent coordinate and cooperate over security on the (...)
On 11 February Greece hosted the Philia Forum, a conference which brought together the foreign ministers of Cyprus, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Iraq, and the minister of state for international cooperation of the United Arab Emirates. The (...)
Egypt plays a key role in the Middle East, while its deep links with the African continent make it a gateway to Africa,” read the statement issued by the Pakistani Foreign Ministry ahead of Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi's (...)
Sudan has recently started to state clearly that a legally binding solution is the only way out of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis and Khartoum will not accept a second filling of the dam in the absence of an agreement, noted a (...)
Although Khartoum has repeatedly underlined that negotiations are the best way to resolve outstanding differences over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Sudan has also refused to participate further in talks if the methodology remains (...)
The Permanent High Committee for Human Rights (PHCHR) held the last of its planned hearing sessions to discuss a draft integrated, long-term national strategy for human rights on 12 January. The session was attended by representatives from human (...)
The virtual meeting between the foreign and irrigation ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on Sunday, the second in less than a week, failed to move forward negotiations on the filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
A (...)
The reconciliation agreement with Qatar signed by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain last week “is supposed to end three years of difference between the Quartet states and Qatar” said a diplomat speaking on condition of (...)
On Monday Sudan skipped the second day of tripartite talks intended to reactivate stalled negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). A day earlier, the six-party meeting, held after a nearly six-week impasse in the AU-brokered (...)
As 2021 opens, the reservoir of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been partially filled and Sudan has, for the time being at least, withdrawn from the seemingly endless negotiations. The clock is ticking, with just a few months left (...)
Ahead of another summit meeting of the leaders of the three states scheduled for the first quarter of next year, Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq are coming together to boost tripartite cooperation in various fields including energy, reconstruction, foreign (...)
Following a 19 November meeting between the Sudanese, Ethiopian, and Egyptian ministers of foreign affairs and of irrigation, Sudan's Irrigation Minister Yasser Abbas announced that negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) had (...)
After congratulating Kuwait's new emir and inviting him to visit Egypt, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri said any attempts to disrupt Egyptian-Kuwaiti relations, which he described as “strong and special”, were destined to fail, according to a (...)
After Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan failed last week to agree on a mechanism to complete negotiations on the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) the issue was referred back to the African Union (AU) which sponsors the talks. (...)
Negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) started on Sunday for a week in order to set out a timeframe and framework for renewed talks.
The irrigation ministries of the (...)
Egypt chaired the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) in October for a month-long period that rotates among the PSC's elected members. Its chairmanship ended with the unanimous approval of an Egyptian document outlining ways to (...)
Thirty-eight political parties are fielding candidates for individual seats in the 2020 House of Representatives, 16 more than took part in the last election, according to the National Centre for Research and Consultancies (NCRC), an independent NGO (...)
The advisory board of the Permanent High Committee for Human Rights (PHCHR) drafted an ambitious strategy this week. The final session of PHCHR's day-long meeting was attended by Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri who stressed that human rights are an (...)
“Everyone has the right to healthy, safe, and affordable shelter, which includes all basic services and facilities while allowing them freedom of choice without discrimination and ensuring the legal right to own their housing or be tenants without (...)
Islam, an Egyptian student who has lived in the UK for four years, is keen to take part in the upcoming parliamentary election. He believes it is his duty to exercise his vote and help choose who will represent him.
“Postal voting makes the whole (...)
The EastMed Gas Forum (EMGF), the founding charter of which was signed by forum members on 22 September, “has succeeded in making history and will contribute to establishing peace,” Egypt's Minister of Petroleum Tarek Al-Molla said on Tuesday.
In an (...)
The latest round of negotiations on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has failed. The talks, which started on 18 August and ended earlier this week, were attended by representatives from the African Union (AU), (...)
Egypt has repeatedly said military intervention in Libya is a last option to defend national security.
In Cairo, the Turkish presence in Libya is viewed as a major threat to the security of the whole region, and especially to neighbouring countries (...)
3Sayed Amin Shalabi sets out to review changes in the world order in the last two decades, detailing the relative decline of the US and the rise of such powers as Russia and China. Reviewing not only the present moment but also the last few (...)
Egypt said on Monday that the talks brokered by the African Union (AU) between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) had ended without an agreement.
At the end of 10 days of negotiations differences between (...)
