The UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting that convened on 8 July failed to adopt the draft resolution that Tunisia had tabled on behalf of Egypt and Sudan. The draft called on Ethiopia to negotiate in good faith with the two downstream countries, and (...)
With the flood season inching closer without any breakthrough in talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Egypt and Sudan sent separate letters this month asking the UN Security Council to hold a session to address the issue. (...)
As Cairo and Khartoum continued to push for a legally binding agreement regulating the operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Addis Ababa disclosed that this year's filling of the reservoir will be much less than it had previously, (...)
As Egypt and Sudan were scrambling to push forward negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) before the start of the flood season, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed chose to make the provocative announcement that Addis Ababa (...)
US and African Union (AU) efforts to drag tripartite talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) back on track have failed. Negotiations remain deadlocked, with Egypt and Sudan insisting on a legally-binding agreement before any second (...)
This week's Paris Conference to Support the Transition in Sudan, and the Summit on Financing African Economies, also in the French capital, offered an opportunity for the international community to help out African countries with badly-needed (...)
Negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) remain deadlocked, with Ethiopia still rejecting international mediation. Egypt and Sudan are continuing their diplomatic efforts to focus international attention on the dangerous (...)
In a step aimed to ease tensions with Egypt, a delegation led by Turkey's deputy foreign minister will visit Cairo in early May, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said last week. The delegation will lay the groundwork for a later meeting (...)
"Did not make any progress and did not result in an agreement": the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' terse judgement on the outcome of the latest three-day round of tripartite talks sponsored by the African Union (AU) over the Grand Ethiopian (...)
Now is the time for greater international momentum to fight corruption, as the coronavirus pandemic has given it more opportunities to grow, said Ghada Waly, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Sunday.
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In an obstinate move on Tuesday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will start on 21 July and that his country cannot afford to miss the rainy season.
Addressing the (...)
A flurry of visits at the most senior levels reflects the determination of Egypt and Sudan to work together to confront the threats both countries face.
Ali Al-Hefni, former deputy to Egypt's foreign minister, says Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli's (...)
Ambassador El-Sayed Amin Shalaby is a career Egyptian diplomat, prolific writer, lecturer, researcher, and commentator. The recipient of the 1994 State Appreciation Award and the 2009 State Award for Excellence, he has a special interest in politics (...)
The Arab region is subject to serious threats with consequences that could impact the global political and economic outlook, Ahmed Abul-Gheit, secretary-general of the Arab League (AL), warned during the opening session of the AL's foreign ministers (...)
The second Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development closed last week after issuing action-oriented recommendations on how Africa can best recover from the coronavirus pandemic without impeding progress on achieving the African Union's "The (...)
Policymakers and experts are expected to develop context-specific and action-oriented recommendations as to how Africa can recover from the coronavirus pandemic after the Aswan II Forum ends on 5 March.
Through the so-called “Aswan Conclusions”, (...)
“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).
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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 (...)
