Hunger is expected to rise in 23 global hotspots in the next three months with the highest alerts for 'catastrophic' situations in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region, southern Madagascar, Yemen, South Sudan and northern Nigeria, two U.N. agencies (...)
Egypt has signed four new gold exploration contracts with Canadian miner Barrick Gold Corp, Ministry of Oil said in a statement on Monday.
The contracts will see Barrick Gold Corp exploring for gold for the first time in Egypt across 19 new blocks (...)
Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel-Ati returned home from Kinshasa on Saturday, where he had a successful official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
During his visit, Abdel-Ati inaugurated the Rain and (...)
Egypt's Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Ati arrived on Thursday in Kinshasa to take part in the inauguration of a weather warning centre and to hold talks with Congolese officials on means of developing cooperation between both African countries (...)
Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia should agree on a time frame to reach a deal on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Regional Spokesman for the US State Department Samuel Werberg said.
During a phone-in with Sada El-Balad satellite channel on (...)
There is a river that has gently flowed for 30 million years, six times older than previously thought.
It could have been just another river, on the face of the earth, like the hundreds of thousands flowing across the globe. No one has really (...)
Zamalek coach Patrice Carteron has revealed his interest in signing Pyramids FC winger Ramadan Sobhi, confirming he is working with the club's management to build up a brilliant squad that can win all trophies.
Reports in the Egyptian media claimed (...)
Senegal's President Macky Sall said finding a radical solution to the GERD crisis between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia will be on top of the African Union's (AU) priorities in 2022 during his country's presidency of the grouping.
At a meeting with (...)
Your Excellency Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations and President of the U.N. Security Council
Distinguished Representatives of the Member States of the United Nations Security Council,
Dear Sister (...)
Statement By H.E. Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt before the United Nations Security Council session on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Excellency Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière, Permanent Representative of France to (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is set today to warn members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) against the "possible worrying consequences" of allowing Ethiopia to get away with its unending intransigence that has blocked all (...)
Egypt's foreign minister said Wednesday he will urge the U.N. Security Council to require Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to negotiate a binding agreement within six months on the contentious issue of water availability from the dam that the Ethiopians (...)
Egypt does not oppose the Ethiopian Nile dam per se, but it rejects Ethiopia's attempt to force fait accompli policy by filling and operating the dam unilaterally, Egyptian Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Ati said at a high-level ministerial (...)
Driven by the delta variant, a new wave of COVID-19 is sweeping across the African continent where new cases, hospital admissions, and deaths are increasing.
South Africa is leading the new surge in Africa, where case numbers are doubling every (...)
Sudan has rejected an Ethiopian proposal to manage the filling for a second time of a giant dam that it is building on the Blue Nile, a senior official said on Sunday, deepening a regional dispute over the project.
Ethiopia has pinned hopes of (...)
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Saturday Egypt hopes that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) behaves in a way that enhances Egyptian and Sudanese efforts to reach a legally binding deal over the filling and operation of the Grand (...)
Chief-of-Staff of Egypt's Armed Forces Mohamed Farid has concluded his official visits to Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), during which he discussed the latest regional developments with his counterparts.
During Farid's visit to (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry has called Ethiopia's recent statements against Egypt and Sudan in the ongoing Nile dam crisis as provocative.
Shoukry added that the statements are working to internationalise the Grand Ethiopian (...)
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Tuesday the schedule of the 2021/22 season of CAF Interclub competitions as both the Champions League and the Confederation Cup will kick off on 10 September.
According to the CAF's official (...)
Diplomatic sources in Berlin have revealed that the Berlin II Conference on Libya will call for the immediate withdrawal of foreign mercenaries from Libya, the Italian news agency Nova has reported.
The conference, which is set to take place on (...)
Egypt is exercising enormous statesmanlike restraint in its pursuit to find a solution to the issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) General Kenneth McKenzie has said.
McKenzie paid a (...)
The International Festival of Drums and Heritage Arts, which took place under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, concluded on Friday.
The festival, which was held from 12 to 18 June, took place in cooperation with the Ministries of (...)
Egypt plays a leading role in contributing to peacekeeping and peacebuilding around the world, according to Elena Panova, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Egypt.
Her remarks came on the sidelines of the celebration of the International Day (...)
Tunisian Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi affirmed on Tuesday his country's full readiness to defend the Egyptian and Sudanese rights in the River Nile waters.
Jerandi's remarks came during his speech at the Arab League's (AL) extraordinary meeting (...)
The Tuesday meeting of Arab foreign ministers to affirm solidarity with Egypt and Sudan in their dispute with Ethiopia over the dangerous effects of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was an important first step in intensive efforts by the (...)
