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A breakthrough has been reached by Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia in their long dispute over the distribution of Nile water as Addis Ababa nears completion of its $5 bln Grand Renaissance dam. The three countries agreed to set up a scientific study group to examine the filing of the dam. They also agreed that leaders […]
Ethiopia has rejected the World Bank’s (WB) mediation over the row with Egypt concerning the repercussions of the giant hydroelectric dam Addis Ababa is building on the Nile River, Cairo deeming the project threatens its water security. The Ethiopian stance was expressed by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Sunday. “Ethiopia will not accept Egypt’s request […]
Tension in relations between Egypt and Sudan has been soaring on the backdrop of the two countries’ diverging foreign policy stands along with an unresolved territorial dispute over the Halaib triangle and disagreements concerning the distribution of the Nile water, in the wake of Ethiopia’s building of a mega dam over the river. The long-brewing […]
Tension has resurfaced between Khartoum and Cairo over the Halaib’s triangle disputed territory on the Red Sea as the Sudanese foreign minister protested to the UN and demanded that Egypt hand over control of the disputed territory. In addition to the Halaib triangle, the two neighboring countries have been at odds in recent years over […]
Currently at loggerheads with Sudan, Egypt is seeking to sideline it from talks over Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam on the Nile, the largest hydroelectric dam project in Africa, Addis Fortune newspaper reported. According to the paper, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has suggested to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, that talks proceed with Ethiopia alone. “Egypt, in […]
Less than a year after King Mohammed VI paid a landmark visit to East Africa that was crowned by the launch of several development projects in the visited countries, a Moroccan delegation is currently touring the region to assess the progress made in the implementation of these projects. The delegation’s tour includes Ethiopia, Rwanda Tanzania, […]
The World Health Organization has elected Ethiopia’s former health minister and malaria expert Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as director-general. He’s the first African to ever hold the position in nearly seven decades of the existence of WHO, one of the most powerful UN agencies, employing some 8000 people across the world. He replaces Margaret Chan, […]
The Algerian-sponsored Polisario separatists suffered a severe setback when Panamanian authorities refused to hold a vessel carrying Phosphates from the Moroccan southern provinces heading to Vancouver in Canada. The Panamanian authorities let the ship continue sailing to its Canadian destination carrying 55,000 tons of phosphate after it had been previously held for few days upon […]
Food security has been a salient feature of Morocco’s cooperation in Africa as evidenced with the agreements signed by the Kingdom and several African countries notably in the fields of Agriculture and fertilizer production. This endeavor to boost food security on the continent has been materialized notably by Morocco’s state-owned phosphates company (OCP), which sealed […]
After the breakthrough made by Morocco in Africa, neighboring rival Algeria tries to no avail to follow suit, by announcing a $ 360 million investment in Ethiopia, a risky move that will likely deepen further the country’s budget deficit already worsening since the fall of oil prices. The Algerian private group Cevital said Tuesday that […]