Ethiopia

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi called on Saturday for a binding deal by the summer on the operation of a giant Ethiopian hydropower dam, as he made his first...

Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry yesterday renewed its adherence to the mediation of the African Union to resolve the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) conflict with Egypt and Sudan. "The tendency...

Egypt and Sudan reiterated on Tuesday the importance of reaching a legally binding agreement with Ethiopia on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, it has...

The Sudanese army is reported to have recovered land after fierce clashes on the Ethiopian border. Fighting took place in Al-Fashaqa Al-Kubra in the east Sudan state of Gedaref...

Ethiopian officials and militia fighters are carrying out a systematic ethnic cleansing operation in the state of Tigray, according to a confidential US government report, Anadolu Agency reports. The...

Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel Ati has announced that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam's efficiency does not exceed 30 per cent and that Ethiopia has...

A former member of Sudan's negotiating team which worked with Ethiopia on issues relating to the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the River Nile, has raised eyebrows...

Sudan on Saturday accused Ethiopia of escalation amid rising tensions between the two neighbours over a disputed border region, reports Anadolu Agency.  In a statement, Sudan's Foreign Ministry rejected Ethiopian...

Ethiopia called on Friday on the Sudanese authorities to avoid "aggression and provocation" and to commit to a "peaceful settlement" regarding the border dispute. This came in a statement...

Ethiopia would welcome Turkish mediation in its border dispute with Sudan, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dina Mufti told Anadolu Agency in an interview. We would be grateful if Turkey offered to play...

Iran has categorically rejected the allegation contained in a New York Times report that it is planning to attack the UAE Embassy in Addis Ababa. The denial was issued...

An official of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council on Friday announced that Juba's mediation efforts to end border tensions between Khartoum and Addis Ababa "faces obstacles". In a statement to...

Sudan has started preparing for worst-case scenarios regarding the Renaissance Dam file, especially after Ethiopian officials revealed their country's intention to complete the second filling of the dam. Ethiopia...

A European Union delegation currently visiting East Africa visited Ethiopian refugees in Um Rakuba, Sudan, to inspect their living conditions and needs. The officials, headed by Finnish minister of foreign...

A delegation from the European Union yesterday arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum as part of European efforts to resolve the country's border conflict with Ethiopia. "The fact-finding delegation,...

Any unilateral step by Ethiopia to fill its hydropower project, called the Renaissance Dam, in July would directly threaten Sudan's national security, Sudanese Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Yasser...

Border clashes between the Sudanese army and Ethiopian forces were renewed in Al-Fashqa Al-Sughra on Thursday. Sudanese sources have confirmed that the army has regained control of new lands...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced his government's continued assistance to Ethiopia's ongoing reform measures, Anadolu Agency reports. After a phone call with Blinken on Friday, Ethiopia's Prime...

The Ethiopian government, in partnerships with international partners, has managed to reach out to 1.8 million people with humanitarian assistance since the "law enforcement operation" began in November in...

Ethiopia has arrested 15 people over a plot to attack the United Arab Emirates' embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's state news agency said on Wednesday, citing a statement from...

Dozens of demonstrators closed a major crossing between Sudan and Ethiopia yesterday to protest against the kidnapping of Sudanese merchants by an Ethiopian militia. The Sudan Tribune reported that angry demonstrators staged...

The United Arab Emirates is waging a war for influence over the Horn of Africa

State fragility is a multidimensional concept that is often characterised by deficiencies in one or more areas of the core functions of the state: legitimacy, authority (competing claimants to...

The border area has witnessed tension between Ethiopia and Sudan that is still escalating-Getty Ethiopia has accused its neighbour Sudan on Friday of occupying part of its territory and fighting...

A high-level Sudanese delegation headed by Sovereignty Council member Mohamed Al-Faki Suleiman on Wednesday began a one-day official visit to Saudi Arabia to discuss the border crisis with Ethiopia....

Sudan has prevented Ambassador Yibtalal Amero from travelling overland back to Ethiopia due to tension on the border between the two countries. A security source told Anadolu Agency that...

The UK Ambassador to Sudan, Irfan Siddiq, said on Tuesday that his country understands Sudan's position on the negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Anadolu News Agency reported....

On Friday, the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) hinted at the possibility of waging war against Ethiopia, calling on the Ethiopian authorities to stop what it described as "provocations and...

The official Sudan News Agency (SUNA) announced on Wednesday that a delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs concluded a one-day visit to Khartoum, as...

Egypt on Friday called on the incoming US administration to play a role in finding a solution to the Ethiopia dam crisis, Anadolu Agency reports. Egypt's official news agency quoted Motaz...

The Sudanese Foreign Ministry said an Ethiopian military aircraft entered its airspace during a border dispute that has seen deadly clashes in recent weeks, Reuters reports. "In a dangerous and unjustified...

The Ethiopian Ambassador to Sudan Yibtalal Amero yesterday accused the Sudanese army of seizing nine camps inside Ethiopian territory, Anadolu Agency reported. "We were surprised by the Sudanese army's attacks on...