Despite Egypt's good intentions towards Ethiopia and its commitment to diplomacy to solve the grave disputes surrounding the dangerous effects of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on its scarce water resources, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy (...)
Unlike many policies that US President Joe Biden has reversed after taking office on 20 January, he has decided to keep one major pledge made by his predecessor, Donald Trump: to pull completely out of Afghanistan.
Indeed, there was a relatively (...)
Washington's announcement of the appointment of Ambassador Jeff Feltman as US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa could be a positive sign. Perhaps the new Democratic administration is planning to play a more active role in this volatile and (...)
Ethiopia is still at odds with Egypt and Sudan over a binding agreement on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). At the heart of the disagreement is the need for Addis Ababa not to start the second stage of filling (...)
Regardless of political differences, Egypt and Turkey should communicate, said Yasin Aktay, advisor to the chairman of the Turkish Justice and Development Party and Recep Tayyip Erdogan's strongman. Aktay's controversial statement juxtaposes (...)
The US, British and French attack on Syria over the weekend was the real elephant in the room during the one-day Arab Summit meeting held in Saudi Arabia on Monday.
While the Arab leaders listed the various challenges that face the region, topped by (...)