Ethiopia’s “very strict” stance on some of the technical and legal points relating to the Renaissance Dam talks greatly reduces the chance of agreement, Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and...

A former Egyptian diplomat said that Turkey wants to move its battles from the border of Syria to Libya so as to “encircle Egypt”, Libya’s neighbour to the east....

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said yesterday that Moscow has offered to provide technical assistance to Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia regarding the Grand Renaissance Dam. “The United States also...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that his country will start filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s reservoir, taking advantage of the upcoming rainy season, news agencies reported yesterday....

Negotiations over Ethiopia’s $5 billion Grand Renaissance Dam on the River Nile have reached a critical stage. The project, the construction of which began in 2011, has developed into...

Egypt is willing to resume negotiations over the dam that Ethiopia is constructing on the Nile River and it is proposing “very flexible” settlements, the country’s Irrigation and Water...

An Israeli report revealed a significant rise in racism against Ethiopian Jews in the country. Gant Dasa, chief executive of Migrants Together, a non-profit organisation for Ethiopian Jews, said...

Saudi Arabia stressed on Tuesday that the water security of Egypt and Sudan are an integral part of Arab security, rejecting “any measure that affects the rights of all...

Ethiopia will start filling its $5 billion hydroelectric dam on the Nile River in two weeks, the government said Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. The announcement came after an online...

The Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gedu Andargachew has announced that his country intends to start filling the lake of the Renaissance Dam, despite the failure to reach an...

The filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)’s reservoir will lead to a “prolonged drought in Egypt”, Cairo’s irrigation minister warned yesterday. “Egypt relies on the Nile River...

A UN official has said that he was disappointed because the UN Security Council is not ready to help ease tensions over Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, the New Khaleej news site reported...

The hostilities follow failed talks between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over Addis Ababa's plans to fill the reservoir at its new Renaissance Dam with water from the River Nile

For the second time in a matter of weeks, the government in Egypt is trying to refer the case of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the River Nile to...

Egypt will be “explicit and clear” about its position if the United Nations Security Council intervention to resolve the dispute arising from Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam is not successful, the North...

I am worried about Egypt; really worried. The solution to its problems, though, is simple: talk to Turkey and Sudan and stay away from Israel, Saudi Arabi and the...

Egypt on Friday called on the United Nations Security Council to intervene to restart talks on the $4 billion hydroelectric dam being built by Ethiopia on the Blue Nile...

Despite six years of war and hardship in Yemen, Somali refugee Bader Hassan had stuck it out hoping for a better life than in his homeland. But the coronavirus...

Egypt announced on Wednesday evening that negotiations with Ethiopia over the Renaissance Dam had ended, because Addis Ababa had been “intransigent” and rejected all proposals and solutions, according to...

Sudan’s continued insistence on maintaining a neutral stance in the negotiations between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Renaissance Dam could be hindering rather than assisting the prospect of finding a...

Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said that a meeting will be held today to assess the outcomes of talks on the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam. According to...

Egypt’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation has described Tuesday’s tripartite meeting about Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam as “not positive”, Today’s Opinion has reported. The meeting came three weeks after...

The British Embassy in Cairo announced yesterday that Egypt and the UK have agreed to enhance coordination on a number of regional issues including Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam. The embassy...

The Ethiopian Prime Minister Abe Ahmed said that “the decision to fill the Renaissance Dam is irreversible.” He added that Addis Ababa will not go to war with Sudan...

Ethiopia’s Renaissance dam is safer than the dams in Sudan and Egypt, which is important as its presence impacts Sudan the most due to its proximity to the country,...

A government official in the Ethiopian Oromia region accused Egypt of attempting to mobilise oppositionists to create chaos, in light of the Renaissance Dam crisis, stressing that they have...

South Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a statement resolving the controversy over its approval of Cairo’s request to establish a military base near the Ethiopian...

Sudan’s Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Yasser Abbas said that the memorandum submitted by his country to the United Nations Security Council does not constitute an escalation of...

Sudan yesterday called on the UN Security Council to push the parties involved in the Renaissance Dam issue to avoid taking any unilateral measures that might negatively affect regional...

Border skirmishes between Sudan and Ethiopia are nothing new; they date back decades and are frequent. The causes are both countries’ failure to “demarcate” their borders, tribal and demographic...

A diplomatic row erupted Saturday between Sudan and Ethiopia after clashes between their armies along the common border, reports Anadolu Agency. The Sudanese foreign ministry said it summoned the top...

Sudan summoned the Ethiopian Chargé d’Affaires on Saturday over a border attack by suspected Ethiopian militias that killed and wounded several Sudanese army personnel and civilians, it said in...