Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi received, on Saturday evening, his counterpart of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, in Cairo. The visit comes as part of an African tour conducted by Tshisekedi, who is also current (...)
Threats made by downstream countries regarding Ethiopia's Blue Nile dam are "useless", according to Dina Mufti, Spokesperson for Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Mufti's comments were directed at Egypt and Sudan, who have expressed (...)
Egypt and Sudan have renewed their aim to hold a new round of negotiations on the controversial Ethiopian dam project, following the failure of last round of talks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The African Union (AU)-led talks had (...)
Portugal's Prime Minister António Costa said, last Friday, that unlocking sustainable investment between Africa and Europe is a key priority for the European Union (EU) Presidency, which his country currently holds.
He noted that the step towards (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed on Thursday the latest developments in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) dispute in Tunis with his Tunisian counterpart Othman Jerandi, the Egyptian foreign ministry stated.
Shoukry arrived (...)
When Ghana received 50,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from India last month, it hit a frustrating roadblock: it had not trained enough staff to distribute them.
The country was still rolling out shots received in late February from the global (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry delivered a message on Wednesday from President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to his Nigerien counterpart Mohamed Bazoum over the latest developments in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and Egypt's (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry met with President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi, on Tuesday, on the fourth leg of his African tour.
Ahmed Hafez, Spokesperson for Egypt's Ministry of Foreign (...)
Ethiopia has called upon the African Union (AU) to host a meeting with the three parties involved in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations, to break the deadlock.
Early in April, Egypt officially announced the failure of the latest (...)
Hopes have nearly evaporated for a binding agreement on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in less than six weeks, for that is when Ethiopia wants to start blocking the flow of water to Sudan and Egypt to (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry expressed on Tuesday appreciation for strenuous efforts exerted by Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi to resolve a dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Shoukry (...)
Violations of religious freedom are increasing and persecution takes place in more than 25 countries, with China and Myanmar among those that have the worst records, according to a report by a Vatican-backed charity.
The Religious Freedom in the (...)
Egypt showed great flexibility during negotiations over the past 10 years, hoping for reaching a fair and legally binding agreement regarding the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
The remarks were made by Egypt's (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukrymet on Monday with Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, at the start of his tour to a number of African countries.
Nairobi represents the first leg of the African tour that includes the Comoros, South (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry headed on Sunday evening to the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to start an African tour and brief leaders of African states on recent updates on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issue.
The Egyptian top (...)
Sudan's Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdouk has called on his Egyptian and Ethiopian counterparts to hold a tripartite summit meeting within 10 days on the controversial Ethiopian dam.
The meeting would take place to evaluate the negotiations that have (...)
Claude Le Roy has resigned as coach of Togo after they failed to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations finals but said he was far from finished in African football.
The 73-year-old Frenchman, who has coached at an unprecedented nine Cup of Nations (...)
African civil society representatives participating in the recent Nile for Peace Conference, which took place on 5-11 April in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, have called for a postponement to the massive Ethiopian dam second filling.
Egypt was (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry has informed United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres of the current situation of the Ethiopia's Nile dam talks.
In a phone conversation on Tuesday, Shoukry emphasised the foundations (...)
The increasing importance of the Red Sea as a nexus of geopolitical competition poses security problems to countries in the region. A lack of consensus on the rules of competition among international and regional powers has only intensified the (...)
Political myopia led the Norwegian Nobel Institute to grant its once highly coveted and prestigious Nobel Peace Prize to a war criminal in 2018. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was presented with the prize by the institute when he portrayed (...)
For untold centuries, the Nile River has been the quiet and enduring lifeline of millions of people who have throughout the ages inhabited its banks, building civilisations and living peacefully with each other and benefiting from its waters without (...)
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi sent a clear warning to Ethiopia on 30 March, stating that Egypt's right to the Nile water will not be compromised and that its share in its lifeline is a "red line". He added that tensions regarding this topic will (...)
The Standing Committee for the Follow-up of Egyptian-African Relations held a meeting on Sunday to discuss Egyptian activities regarding Africa.
The meeting was chaired by Egypt's Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs Hamdi Sanad Loza, and (...)
Egypt has rejected an Ethiopian invitation to form a tripartite group of representatives from Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia to exchange data on the second filling of the disputed Ethiopian dam.
In a statement on Saturday, Egypt's Ministry of Water (...)
