Ethiopia

The leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will meet on Monday in a bid to break a deadlock in negotiations over a hydroelectric dam Addis Ababa is building along...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has officially rejected an Egyptian proposal that the World Bank join negotiations over the dam that Addis Ababa is constructing on the Nile River,...

Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed to deploy joint forces between the Sudanese Blue Nile State and the Ethiopian region of Benishangul-Gumuz to secure the border area. Under the agreement,...

The immigration of Ethiopians to Saudi Arabia can be traced to the advent of Islam and the pursuit of business opportunities. Saudi Arabia in particular has been attractive to...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has reiterated his country's commitment to the full implementation of the declaration of principles signed by Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Ethiopian Renaissance...

The irony of the presence of Egyptian troops gathering on the Eritrean-Sudanese border over its objection to Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam is not lost on legal experts aware of Egypt's...

With the recall of Sudan's Ambassador from Egypt, the closure of the Eritrean Border and a recent visit by Turkey's President in which a Turkish takeover of a strategic...

Egypt Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry proposed the World Bank be included as a neutral and decisive party in the tripartite technical committee's talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam....

Sudan has criticised Egypt's "reluctance" to implement the 1956 water agreement between the two countries, as well as its refusal to adopt a new agreement for the distribution of...

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will visit Addis Ababa next week for talks with his Ethiopian counterpart, a foreign ministry spokesman said, in a bid to end a standoff...

President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday France stood ready if needed to strengthen its military force fighting alongside African troops against insurgents in the Sahel. France has been seeking...

We have no intention to relocate our embassy from Tel Aviv to the occupied Jerusalem, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry announced yesterday. Speaking at a press conference, the ministry's spokesperson,...

Surveillance software from Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems Ltd was used in an espionage campaign targeting Ethiopian dissidents living outside the East African nation, a Canadian research institute said...

Egypt is edging forward to create an African lobby in a bid to defend its position with regards Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam, the New Khaleej reported. Egyptian newspaper Al-Shorouk stated...

UAE companies control the natural resources in the Halayeb Triangle, the Sudanese territory occupied by Egypt in 1995, Arabi21.com reported on Tuesday. The facts of the situation are to...

Just as thousands of Egyptians have been assassinated in cold blood and the dreams of a nation that dreamed of freedom, dignity, justice and equality were buried alive, along...

On Thursday, Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesman Meles Alem defended the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, she said that Addis Ababa does not need anyone's permission to benefit from its natural...

Saudi authorities have arrested Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi, a dual national with Saudi and Ethiopian citizenship and is reportedly the second richest Saudi, after Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal. While bin...

Saudi authorities have arrested billionaire businessman Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi, the main foreign investor in Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam. Al-Amoudi is thought to be worth $10.9 billion and was the first...

Ethiopia sent a new batch of fighters to Somalia to battle Al-Shabaab yesterday, Garowe Online reported. Some 1,000 troops crossed the Ethiopia-Somalia border in the Gedo region, southern Somalia....

Egypt voiced concern over "delays" in concluding the recommended study on the environmental impacts of Ethiopia's multibillion dollar hydro-dam project. This came during a meeting of water ministers of...

Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour has said that the dispute with Egypt over the Hala'ib Triangle must be solved either by dialogue or through international arbitration. The minister stressed...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that there are obstacles threatening the tripartite "Declaration of Principles" signed in March 2015 by Cairo, Sudan and Ethiopia over a dam being...

Ethiopia will start storing water from the Grand Renaissance Dam in a reservoir next year, Egypt's water resources and irrigation minister Mohamed Abdel-Ati said today according to the state-run...

An Egyptian government source has announced the failure of the talks about Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam, Almesryoon.com reported on Sunday. The anonymous source said that Cairo is currently studying diplomatic...

"Military relations between Sudan and Ethiopia are key to achieving stability in the two countries and the region," Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir said yesterday. This came during his meeting...

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a report posted Monday on ReliefWeb that the number of internally displaced people in Yemen had reached nearly 2 million due...

Human Rights Watch has urged Saudi Arabia to halt the deportation of nearly half a million Ethiopians after the government in Riyadh announced plans to expel migrants working or...

Sudan's president has promised to protect Egypt's share of the River Nile waters despite Ethiopia's construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam scheduled to be completed later this year, the...

On Tuesday, Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, left for a three-day visit to Sudan at the head of a high level delegation. Desalegn discussed ways to strengthen bilateral ties...

Egypt on Thursday urged Addis Ababa to "honour its commitments" in regards to Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam, construction of which is now underway on the Blue Nile River. Egypt,...

Ethiopia has not yet started storing water from the Grand Renaissance Dam, the Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation announced yesterday. Responding to several satellite images that have...