By Ramadan Al Sherbini Gulf News Cairo: Egypt and Ethiopia are making serious efforts to defuse tensions that have marred the two African countries’ relations for more than a year, experts said. Egypt’s new President Abdul Fattah Al Sissi signalled a thaw in ties with Addis Ababa earlier this week when he said in an
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Egypt State Information Service Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom said President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Prime Minister Hailemarian Desalign would hold a summit meeting in Malapo, Equatorial Guinea, within two weeks to launch a new chapter of relations between the two countries. The Ethiopian top diplomat said there is an agreement between the two
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By Getachew Begashaw (PhD)* June 12, 2014 Part I: Economic and Political Backdrop Most Ethiopians agree that appropriately planned, designed, constructed, and operated dams on Abay (the Blue Nile) are economic necessities that should be supported to ensure the long-term economic development of the country and the well-being of its people. It is an incontrovertible
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By Nael M Shama Ahram Online Although Egypt is a political powerhouse in the Middle East, its foreign policy hardly reflects that. Under its longtime president Hosni Mubarak, Egypt receded into a long phase of quietism and withdrawal. Mubarak is gone, but “Mubarakism without Mubarak” has persisted, even under the short-lived rule of Islamist president
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World Bulletin / News Desk Sudanese Vice President Bekri Hassan Saleh has reaffirmed his country’s support for Ethiopia’s multibillion dam construction project, Ethiopian television reported on Tuesday. “Sudan will derive multiple benefits from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project,” Saleh said at a meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. Saleh had arrived to the
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Ahram Online Egypt’s newly inaugurated President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi vows to ease crisis with Addis Ababa after a months-long impasse over Ethiopia’s controversial Grand Renaissance Dam project Egypt’s newly elected President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said he would not allow a rift to develop between Cairo and Addis Ababa, who have been locked in a stalemate over access
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Relations between Egypt and Ethiopia soured last year over Ethiopia’s construction of a $6.4-billion hydroelectric dam on the upper reaches of the Nile River. World Bulletin / News Desk Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom arrived in Cairo early Saturday, leading a high-level delegation to attend the inauguration of Egypt’s president-elect Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday. The
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Cairo Post CAIRO: Details surrounding investigations into an old corruption case that dates back to March 2012 were revealed by Youm7 on Thursday, which regards a case that was labeled as “classified information/national security”. The case revolves around the illegal seizure of $4 million from public funds to be given to African leaders from Nile
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World Bulletin Rwanda’s ambassador in Addis Ababa on Thursday said that his country backed Ethiopia’s construction of a multibillion hydroelectric dam on the Nile River, a project that Egypt fears will affect its main source of water. Ambassador Joseph Nsengimana said Egypt’s position toward Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam harms the interests of East African countries, which
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The Middle East Monitor By Yasser Al-Hussain Egyptian-Sudanese relations have yet to address any of the major points that are being discussed between the two countries today and this is primarily due to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Sudan is greatly concerned that Egyptian officials believe that it is within the best interests of their
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