Following last week's UN Security Council (UNSC) statement urging Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan to resume negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) under the auspices of the African Union (AU), Christophe Lutundula, the foreign (...)
Egypt launched its new National Strategy for Human Rights earlier this week from the New Administrative Capital. The strategy will run until 2026 and address civilian and political rights; economic, social and cultural rights; the rights of (...)
On Saturday a summit between Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi and his Cypriot counterparty Nicos Anastasiades gave a boost to Egyptian-Cypriot relations as well as their ties with Greece in preparation for next month's three-pronged (...)
The second round of exploratory talks between Egypt and Turkey took off in Ankara on Tuesday amid low expectations that it would lead to a breakthrough in relations between the two countries. Relations between the two have been tense since 2013 over (...)
The Arab Contractors, working in cooperation with El-Sewedy Electric company, successfully installed the first turbine in the Julius Nyerere Hydropower Station and Dam project in Tanzania last week.
The $2.9 billion project, a partnership between (...)
Cairo and Khartoum, both still after a diplomatic solution to the crisis over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), this week welcomed an Algerian attempt at mediation intended to bridge the differences between the two capitals and Addis Ababa (...)
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.
The (...)
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 (...)
