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Sudan summoned Ethiopia's ambassador to Khartoum to inform him that 29 corpses found on the banks of a river abutting Ethiopia were those of Ethiopian citizens from the Tigray...
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August 25, 2021
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Thembisa Fakude
The visit to Ankara of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on 18 August was significant. The signing of bilateral agreements between Turkey and Ethiopia introduces another world power into...
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Egyptian companies have officially filed an international lawsuit against Ethiopia over what they described as the "damage to the industrial zone in the Tigray region and the disruption of...
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Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa may face more flooding due to heavy torrential rains, a government agency warned today, Anadolu reports. At least 217 localities in the capital have been...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he backs a peaceful solution for the Tigray conflict and proposed he operate as mediator, news agencies reported following his meeting with Ethiopian...
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A source in the Sudanese Armed Forces on Friday confirmed the downing of an "Ethiopian spy drone that penetrated the airspace" on the border of the Al-Fashqa area. The...
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The US president's special envoy for the Horn of Africa will begin a three-leg Africa and Middle East tour this Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports. Jeffrey Feltman will visit Djibouti, Ethiopia,...
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Ethiopia on Tuesday abrogated a previous cease-fire in place since June 29 that unilaterally ended a government offensive on Tigray rebels in the country's north, Anadolu Agency reported. The announcement...
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Sudan recalled its ambassador to neighbouring Ethiopia on Sunday, frustrated by the stance of Ethiopian officials whom it said were refusing Sudan's offer to mediate in the ongoing conflict...
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Ethiopia's capital saw a large rally on Sunday in support of the national defense forces and condemning the Tigray rebels in the country's north, Anadolu Agency reported. Thousands of people from...
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Sudan yesterday renewed its demand to replace the Ethiopian forces in the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) in the disputed Abyei region on the South Sudan border with...
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Seven Arabic speaking countries told the African Union (AU) yesterday that they reject granting Israel observer status in the bloc, Anadolu reported. Israeli Ambassador to Addis Ababa Aleli Admasu presented credentials...
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Residents of Sudanese province of Kassala have reported seeing dozens of bodies floating in a river between Sudan and Ethiopia, news agencies reported yesterday. The bodies were found in the...
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The Russian Foreign Ministry has rejected attempts to link Moscow's techno-military cooperation with Addis Ababa on the issue of the Renaissance Dam, RT Arabic reported on Friday. Moscow has...
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The Sudanese Ministry of Irrigation yesterday called on residents living on the banks of the Blue Nile to take precautions due to an expected rise in the river's water...
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Israel rejected Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's request to mediate with Ethiopia over its Renaissance Dam, Israeli Maariv newspaper reported. Jacky Hugi added that although every now and then someone in...
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Egypt's former Minister of Irrigation Mohamed Nasr Allam has announced that Egypt is currently suffering severe water shortages, RT reported on Friday. Allam cited that Egypt faces a problem...
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Amnesty International today urged the Ethiopian authorities to end arbitrary detention of Tigrayans, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the global human rights watchdog said: "The arrests appear to...
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This came during Hamdok's meeting with the President of the Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, in the capital, Abidjan, on the sidelines of the meetings of the International Development Agency...
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An Egyptian official revealed that his country was not waiting for the UN Security Council to find solutions to the Renaissance Dam crisis, stressing that the international body did...
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July 13, 2021
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Mohamed Mughawer
The Russian reaction to the Nile water crisis, during the UN Security Council's discussion last Thursday, raised questions about the reasons for the absence of Moscow's support for Cairo....
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July 12, 2021
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Osama Gaweesh
"Failure" or "stumble" are the two words most frequently associated with the Renaissance Dam when you Google the issue. The failure of negotiations and stalled round of talks between...
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Egypt resorted to the UN Security Council to solve the problem of the Renaissance Dam after it had exhausted all its efforts in futile negotiations that did nothing. As...
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The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that the United Nations (UN) Security Council's support for African mediation in resolving the Renaissance Dam crisis backs the tripartite negotiations that...
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said during a UN Security Council session yesterday that the efforts led by the African Union (AU) to resolve the crisis surrounding the Grand Ethiopian...
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Tunisia has proposed the U.N. Security Council push for a binding agreement between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt on the operation of a giant hydropower dam within six months, according...
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Saudi Arabia said it supports Egypt and Sudan in "preserving their legitimate water rights," Reuters reported the state news agency (SPA) saying yesterday. "The kingdom supports the efforts of Egypt and...
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Diplomatic sources at the UN said on Tuesday that the Arab group within the Security Council is seeking to issue a resolution on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Anadolu...
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Opposing Arabic hashtags "Renaissance Dam" and "fill the dam" are trending in Egypt and Ethiopia following the news that Addis Ababa has begun the second phase of filling the...
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Ethiopia today rejected what it described as "the unwelcome interference" by the Arab League in the Renaissance Dam crisis. The country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the statement in...
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Ethiopia has officially notified Egypt of the start of the second filling of the reservoir behind the Grand Renaissance Ethiopian Dam, the Ministry of Irrigation announced yesterday. In response,...
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Egypt and Sudan's foreign ministers met today to agree on a position over Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam. Sameh Shoukri and Maryam Sadiq Al-Mahdi reiterated their continued rejection of Ethiopia's announcement...