Negotiations over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) agreement in the US are not quick because they should be finished 9 years ago, Sudanese Minister of Water and Irrigation Yasser Abbas told Daily News Egypt, during a press briefing on Nile Day (...)
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 (...)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt over the massive Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project on the Nile River "could take months", but added that he is "optimistic” that the disagreement (...)
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 (...)
Israeli officials worry that a group of European Union (EU) countries led by Luxembourg are preparing to recognise a Palestinian state in the EU's monthly meeting, according to Israeli local media.
The EU had on Monday a regular meeting in which (...)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that it could be "months" before the dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is resolved.
Pompeo's statements came as a surprise considering that only a few (...)
The Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD) was established in July 2014 to lead South-South cooperation. It aims to utilise Egypt's comparative advantages and technical expertise for the benefit of the South and in particular of (...)
At long last, and after an extremely gruelling and complex negotiating marathon, the crisis over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is nearing the finish line, with the last lap expected to conclude by the end of this month or the beginning (...)
Sudanese Minister of Culture and Information Faisal Saleh has denied the claims about relinquishing Sudan's share of the Nile water to Egypt, asserting that there was no Egyptian request in this regard.
Following the Sudanese cabinet meeting, Saleh (...)
The European Film Market platform Berlinale Africa Hub is taking place for the fourth time at the Berlin International Film Festival. It offers an international forum for communication and networking to African filmmakers and creatives or filmmakers (...)
Sudan could send former leader Omar al-Bashir and other suspects to The Hague for trial before the International Criminal Court, but any decision would need approval from military and civilian rulers, the information minister said on Monday.
"One (...)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that Egypt expects a final and fair agreement on the the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that guarantees the interests of the country and protects its water rights.
In statements to MENA after the (...)
South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Saturday agreed to revert the country back to the former 10 states, down from the current 32, to break a stalemate with the opposition over the contentious issue.
Mayiik Ayii Deng, minister in the office of the (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry said on Saturday that Egypt expects a final and fair agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that protects its water rights, .
This came during press statements after the end of the (...)
أعلنت وزارة العدل السودانية، اليوم الخميس، أن الخرطوم وقعت اتفاق تسوية مع أسر ضحايا حادث تفجير المدمرة الأمريكية " كول" قبالة السواحل اليمنية عام 2000.
وذكرت صحيفة "Sudan Tribune" نقلا عن بيان خطي تلقته من وزير العدل نصر الدين عبدالباري، أن الخرطوم (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry agreed on Tuesday with US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien to bolster cooperation combating terrorism, and prevent the movement of terrorist fighters from Libya, a statement issued by the Egyptian (...)
The second day of talks between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) kicked off in Washington on Thursday, Egyptian foreign ministry said.
The talks, which are being attended by the ministers of foreign affairs (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aty travelled to Washington on Monday to participate in another round of the meeting of the water and irrigation ministries of Egypt, Sudan, and (...)
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 (...)
Spurring joint African action, finding African solutions to African problems and setting development goals were a priority for Egypt in 2019 when it chaired the African Union.
Security, stability, development and prosperity of the black continent (...)
This week witnessed the end of Egypt's one-year rotational chair of the African Union (AU). Several political pundits agreed that Egypt contributed, during that period, to reforming the continental body and enhancing coherence among its members in (...)
How can public and private finance contribute to sustainable water investments? This is an increasingly relevant question given the pressures on water resources posed by population growth, climate change and changing lifestyles. This question is (...)
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, (...)
People may still recall the huge crowds receiving late Egyptian president Gamal Abdel-Nasser in Khartoum, Sudan, in wake of the earthquake that rocked the very foundations of the Middle East and still: the 1967 Six-Day War. At that time, the (...)
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 (...)
