By Teshome Abebe “It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.” Those were the admonitions of philosopher and mathematician W.K. Clifford. I hesitated commenting on the just concluded agreement on the declaration of principles between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan concerning the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) precisely because there
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Why we should not celebrate too soon By Aklog Birara (PhD) “Watercourse States shall in their respective territories utilize an international watercourse in an equitable and reasonable manner. In particular, an international watercourse shall be used and developed by watercourse States with a view to attaining optimal and sustainable utilization thereof and benefits there from,
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Juba (AFP) – Hopes of an end to South Sudan’s 15-month old civil war were dealt another blow on Wednesday as President Salva Kiir ruled out a proposed power-sharing deal with rebels. Speaking at a political rally in the capital Juba, Kiir rejected key elements of the latest draft deal between him and rebel leader
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Ahram Online Ethiopia dam studies firm to be announced soon: Egypt minister Sudanese capital Khartoum will host a trilateral summit for Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on 23 March, state news agency MENA reported. Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti said on Saturday that Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Sudanese President Omar
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Khartoum (AFP) – The foreign ministers of Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia said early on Friday they had reached the basis of an agreement on the sharing of Nile waters and Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam. “A full agreement has been reached between our three countries on the principles of the use of the eastern Nile Basin
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Khartoum – Efforts are underway to convert link Sudan and Ethiopia’s common border to an area of integration between the two countries. The countries are also working to link their people by all means and to promote cooperation in all fields. Meanwhile, President Omar Al Bashir greeted the people of Tigray and all African peoples
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle February 2, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudanese president Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar partially signed a symbolic power-sharing agreement proposed by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Monday, recommitting themselves to further negotiations on outstanding issues. According to the agreement signed in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, after
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South Sudan peace talks have resumed in the Ethiopian capital city of Addis Ababa, with mediators urging both sides of the conflict to end the bloodshed. “Let us make this the last, appalling year of horror and tragedy, not an indicator of South Sudan’s future,” chief mediator Seyoum Mesfin said at the beginning of the
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The Sudanese president has faced the threat of ICC prosecution since 2009 The president of Sudan has claimed victory over the International Criminal Court after it ended its probe into allegations of war crimes in Darfur. The ICC charged Omar al-Bashir in 2009 for crimes in the region dating back to 2003, but he refused
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(KHARTOUM) – Sudanese president Omer al-Bashir strongly repeated his rejection of the Paris Declaration signed between the rebel groups and the National Umma Party (NUP) but welcomed Addis Ababa agreement signed by the same forces and the national dialogue committee. The opening session of the first roundtable on national dialogue , Khartoum on 6 April
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