Haggling, manoeuvring, and time wasting have defined Addis Ababa's stances and actions amid the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam controversy, writes Haggling, manoeuvring, and time wasting have defined Addis Ababa's stances and actions amid the Grand (...)
Earlier this month, Egypt wrote to the UN Security Council in relation to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Egypt's complaint itemised the unilateral actions Ethiopia has taken since first using the turmoil in Egypt that followed the (...)
Ethiopia has a very diverse topography that includes both flat and mountainous areas and receives an average of about 1.2 metres of rainfall annually, generating several rivers that originate in Ethiopia and flow through its southern, eastern, (...)
A first "solidarity flight" of medical supplies from the World Health Organization (WHO) landed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Tuesday for distribution in Africa, the U.N.'s World Food Programme (WFP) said.
The 1 million masks, goggles, gloves, gowns (...)
Weeks before the coronavirus spread through much of the world, parts of Africa were already threatened by another kind of plague, the biggest locust outbreak some countries had seen in 70 years.
Now the second wave of the voracious insects, some 20 (...)
The United Nations will create a fund to prevent the spread of coronavirus and support the treatment of patients worldwide, Norway said on Monday.
The purpose of the fund is to assist developing countries with weak health systems in addressing the (...)
Expectations this year indicate that in the future the security of maritime routes in the Middle East – the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, particularly its eastern side, and the Arabian Gulf – will see more conflicts.
Developments in the areas (...)
Bahrain accused Iran on Thursday of "biological aggression" by covering up the spread of the new coronavirus and failing to stamp the passports of Bahraini travellers, as other Gulf Arab states boosted measures to stem rising infections.
Iran, (...)
Sudan voiced reservations on the resolution of the Arab League foreign ministers' meeting held in Cairo last week. The Arab League resolution of 4 March called for supporting Egypt, that adheres to international law in the tripartite negotiations on (...)
The American University in Cairo
Al-Sheikh Rihan St, off Tahrir Square, Tel 2615 2694/01280009077
Oriental Hall
Thurs 12, 8-9.30pm: Celebrating 250 Years of Beethoven (1770), a chamber music concert features Wessam Amin (oboe), Laura Virtanen-Amin (...)
The Horn of Africa was an arena for competition between great powers for the past two centuries. The present convergence on the region, however, is unprecedented in the number of players and fields of competition.
In the 19th century, rivalry (...)
Family Park
New Cairo
Fri 6, 6pm:Kutle Khan Project performs Rajasthani folk music
Fri 6, 7.30pm:“En Route to Bollywood” - an exciting dance show, choreographed by Gilles Chuyen.
Fri 6, 3pm Yoga and well-being session.
Fri 6, 4pm:Bollywood Dance (...)
The American University in Cairo
Al-Sheikh Rihan St, off Tahrir Square, Tel 2615 2694/01280009077
Ewart Memorial Hall
Fri 28, 8pm: AccordionistHany Shenouda in a concert tracing his long artistic journey, conducted by Mahmoud Bayoumi.
Malak Gabr (...)
Sudanese Ministries of Water, Irrigation, and Electricity have coordinated this year's Nile Day celebrations, on Saturday 22 February in Khartoum, which is meant to commemorate the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) under the theme of Joint Investments on (...)
The worst locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in 70 years has reached South Sudan, a country where roughly half the population already faces hunger after years of civil war, officials announced Tuesday.
Around 2,000 locusts were (...)
The United States will provide financial assistance to Ethiopia as it pursues political reforms, the office of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday during a visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
"An agreement has been reached (...)
Arab Music Institute
22 Ramsis St, Tel 02 2574 3373
Thurs 20, 8pm: Alharamlektroupe features singer Marwa Amr.
Fri 21, 8pm: Singer Reem Kamaland her band.
Sun 23, 8pm: The Arab Music Heritage Ensemble.
Thurs 27 and Fri 28, 8pm: The Cairo Opera (...)
Ethiopia's election board on Friday set a date of Aug. 29 for parliamentary elections that will be a first test of voter support for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has eased political restrictions since he took office in 2018.
The date is two weeks (...)
The African Union (AU) has taken two inseparable and seemingly intractable issues as the focus of its work in 2020. The Silencing the Guns initiative is a drive to end the incessant conflicts that plague the continent and is essential to creating (...)
Arab Music Institute
22 Ramsis St, Tel 02 2574 3373
Fri 14, 8pm: A singing recital by Noran Abu-Taleb.
Sun 16, 8pm: The National Arab Music Ensemble performs Abdel-Wahab songs.
Thurs 20, 8pm: Alharamlek troupe features singer Marwa Amr.
Beit (...)
A member of the Algerian military was killed in a car-bomb in the south of the country close to the border with Mali last weekend. While it was not clear which terrorist group was responsible for the attack, the triangle of southern Algeria, (...)
Africa shouldn't have to beg for help in addressing climate change, the president of the African Development Bank said Tuesday, adding that polluting global powers "have to pay.''
Akinwumi Adesina told The Associated Press in an interview on the (...)
The United Nations is to test drones equipped with mapping sensors and atomizers to spray pesticides in parts of east Africa battling an invasion of desert locusts that are ravaging crops and exacerbating a hunger crisis.
Hundreds of millions of (...)
At a glance, the desert locusts in this arid patch of northern Somalia look less ominous than the billion-member swarms infesting East Africa in the worst outbreak some places have seen in 70 years.
But their time will come.
Small and wingless, the (...)
The countries that have suffered most from the blight of terrorism are struggling to rid themselves of terrorist groups fostered and supported by a number of nations, foremost among which are Turkey, Qatar and Iran which utilise terrorist groups and (...)
