South Africa, the current chair of the African Union, called on Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia to work towards an "amicable solution" for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) following Addis Ababa's recent proposal that was slammed by Cairo and (...)
Gulf airline Emirates has resumed its Airbus A380 services to Cairo this week, with four weekly flights from Dubai, a press release by the airline read on Tuesday.
According to the release, the flagship A380, initially introduced in October 2019, (...)
Gulf airline Emirates has resumed its A380 services to Cairo this week, with four weekly flights from Dubai, a press release by the airline read on Tuesday.
According to the release, the flagship A380, initially introduced in October 2019, will be (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi reaffirmed the state's rejection of any unilateral action that may compromise Egypt's right to Nile water.
El-Sisi made the statement during a phone call with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa on (...)
The Ethiopian government on Thursday has restored total access to the internet after a total shutdown since June 29 following deadly unrest in the capital Addis Ababa and other parts of the country killing at least 239 people.
Deadly protests (...)
The white stone house with a paved floor stands out in the Ethiopian town of Ambo, a poor region where homes are mostly constructed of wood and mud.
But the surrounding fence is incomplete - a constant reminder to the elderly inhabitants of their (...)
Ethiopia is desperately trying to delude the international community into believing that Egypt is trying to seize control of the Nile's water and that Ethiopia, the source of 85 per cent of the Nile, gets none.
It also claims that Egypt has (...)
The assembly of a limited African Union (AU) summit on Tuesday afternoon, via videoconference, seemed to hold little hope of reassuring Egypt over its water security concerns.
The Blue Nile is the source of by far the largest part of Egypt's annual (...)
Along with sculptor Mahmoud Mokhtar and painters Mahmoud Said and Ragheb Ayad as well as several others, Mohamed Nagy (1888-1956) belongs to the first generation of modern Egyptian artists – the pioneers. His work drew on both ancient Egyptian (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and his US counterpart Donald Trump discussed the latest developments concerning the crisis in Libya and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in a phone call on Monday, Egyptian Presidential Spokesman (...)
A mini-African summit will be held on Thursday to continue discussing the disputes around the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Sudanese Irrigation Minister Yasser Abbas stated on Friday.
The summit is part of the recent African Union-brokered (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has told South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, the current chairman of the African Union, that Nile water is an existential issue for the Egyptian people, El-Sisi's spokesman Bassam Rady said.
El-Sisi (...)
Egypt is demanding that the Ethiopian government issue an urgent explanation concerning reports that Addis Ababa has started the filling process for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Egyptian foreign ministry spokesperson Ahmed Hafiz said (...)
Ethiopia's Minister of Water, Irrigation, and Energy Sileshi Bekele retracted, on Wednesday, his previous statement to the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) on the filling of the Ethiopian Nile dam, according to the Associated Press (AP).
He (...)
Ethiopia said negotiations on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will continue, hours after contradictory reports over whether Addis Ababa had started filling the dam's reservoir.
In statements reported by the official Ethiopian (...)
On 10 July, US President Donald Trump said that relations with China are severely damaged, in response to a question about whether it is still possible to sign a trade agreement with China to finalise a deal signed between the two in January. Many (...)
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 (...)
Cairo is reviewing its options as the latest round of negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) ended in deadlock.
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri said on Monday that regrettably the African Union (AU)-brokered talks between Cairo, (...)
After 11 days of online talks over the disputed Nile dam, the concerned parties failed to reach consensus on the undecided points, according to Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation.
On Monday, water ministers of Egypt, Sudan, and (...)
Egypt's foreign minister Sameh Shoukry said on Monday concluding the African Union-brokered talks between Cairo, Addis Ababa and Khartoum over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) without agreement was "a regrettable matter.”
Shoukry (...)
Negotiations between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia regarding disputed points relating to the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have concluded its ninth day without reaching an agreement.
During Saturday's online (...)
The massive hydroelectric dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River which meant to turn Addis Ababa into Africa's biggest power exporter, has been the centre of dispute for almost a decade. Egypt fears that the mega Nile dam, which is located near (...)
Egypt has said on Wednesday evening it would not accept any incomplete deals over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that would disregard Egyptian concerns or fail to resolve major differences.
"Cairo will not accept any incomplete (...)
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, on Wednesday, that his country has proposed an offer to Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to provide technical assistance regarding the Ethiopian dam crisis.
The Russian proposal came following a meeting of (...)
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who assumed power in 2018 and entered the Menelik Palace as the country's first prime minister from the Oromo nation, has so far failed to deliver on his economic and social pledges to the Ethiopian (...)
