Russian Ambassador in Cairo Georgiy Borisenko asserted that his country was ready to exert all possible efforts to reach a solution to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issue, noting that Moscow fully understands the deep concern of "its (...)
Egypt is not on the list of 60 countries to which the United States has donated and shipped more than 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday.
In June, U.S. President Joe Biden promised that his country (...)
In an article of mine that appeared in Al-Masry Al-Youm on 5 May 2013, "The four faces of the revolution," I attempted to depict the general course of events in Egypt for two and a half years since January 2011, and to forecast what lay ahead. At (...)
Cairo welcomed Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra this week, a visit that demonstrated the strong, decades-old ties between the two countries. The late leader president Gamal Abdel-Nasser supported Algeria's long, just war for independence (...)
It doesn't take much to realise that the people of Sudan's western region of Darfur are still suffering on every level. Even representatives of regional and international organaisations have admitted it.
Atul Khare, the head of logistics for the (...)
In the framework of the ongoing nationwide counter-terrorism drive, the Egyptian Armed Forces have delivered a succession of blows to terrorist operatives and infrastructure over recent days.
According to a statement from the General Command of the (...)
Tunisian President Kais Saied took on 26 July the surprising decision to dismiss Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and suspend the activities of the Islamist-dominated parliament for one month.
Saied's decision came one day after thousands of people (...)
Cairo and Khartoum, both still after a diplomatic solution to the crisis over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), this week welcomed an Algerian attempt at mediation intended to bridge the differences between the two capitals and Addis Ababa (...)
The interest of Egyptian companies and international firms headquartered in Egypt in the African market has been growing, with many of them now wanting either to venture into the African market or to increase the volume of their operations across (...)
A Sudanese official says local authorities in Kassala province have found more than 40 bodies, apparently people fleeing the war in neighboring Ethiopia's Tigray region, floating in the river between the countries over the past week, some with (...)
Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhánek said on Sunday that his country is keen on resuming tourism to Egypt, hailing the Egyptian red sea resorts during the past two winters as the best destinations for Czech tourists despite the pandemic.
His (...)
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 (...)
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi said she hopes Ethiopia will come to its senses and accept the unwavering Sudanese stance on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) dispute.
In a meeting with her Algerian counterpart, Ramtane (...)
The U.S. official who wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on genocide landed Saturday in Sudan, aiming to support the country's fragile transition to democracy before travelling to Ethiopia to press the government there to allow humanitarian aid to (...)
Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Ati said on Thursday that cooperation with Nile Basin countries and African counties is one of the main pillars of Egypt's foreign policy.
"This cooperation comes in light of what Egypt possesses of human resources (...)
Washington is sending USAID Administrator Samantha Power to Ethiopia this week while warning of punitive measures if aid is unable to reach the Tigray region, where hundreds of thousands of people are believed to be experiencing famine.
A statement (...)
Ethiopian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Dina Mufti on Thursday claimed that the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was implemented in accordance with the Declaration of Principles (DoP) signed with Egypt and Sudan in 2015.
In (...)
The U.S. official who wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on genocide is visiting Ethiopia next week to press the government to lift what the U.S. calls a blockade on humanitarian aid to the conflict-hit Tigray region, where hundreds of thousands of (...)
Ethiopia's Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen has asked that Algeria play a role in "correcting" what he described as the Arab League's "misperceptions" about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Mekonnen made the (...)
The U.N. logistics chief said Tuesday that closing down the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping operation in Sudan's western Darfur region is proceeding on schedule, though with some hiccups.
Undersecretary-General for Field Support Atul Khare (...)
Sudan's Irrigation Minister Yasser Abbas said on Wednesday that his country "is not ready" to participate in the negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) under the same methodology adopted in previous talks, which Abbas described (...)
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and South Sudanese Vice President James Wani Igga witnessed in Cairo on Wednesday the signing of several agreements to boost cooperation between the two countries, the Egyptian cabinet announced
The agreements (...)
Egypt will continue to offer technical assistance to South Sudan in all fields, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Wednesday during a meeting with South Sudanese Vice President for Economic Affairs James Wani Igga in Cairo, the Egyptian (...)
Ethiopian Minister of Water and Irrigation Seleshi Bekele expected on Monday a possible flood in downstream countries as highlands have witnessed heavy rainfall.
In a tweet, Bekele said that rain over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is (...)
Ethiopia has fallen far below target in its second filling of its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
It initially announced it planned to add 13.5 billion m3 of water to the dam's reservoir. Then it halved the figure to a more conservative 6.9 (...)
