Ethiopia accuses Egypt, Sudan of undermining dam talks
By: Anadolu Agency
Ethiopia on Wednesday accused Egypt and Sudan of working to undermine the African Union (AU)-led process of trilateral negotiations on the rules and guidelines for the filling and operation of the $5-billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ambassador Dina...
Ethiopia says Two Bottom Outlets Of GERD Completed
By: Fana
Ethiopia Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Dr. Seleshi Bekele has today announced that two bottom outlets (BO) of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have been completed and gone operational.
The bottom outlets provide release of water into the downstream countries have been...
U.S. and IOM Deliver Emergency Shelter for Ethiopians Displaced by Tigray Conflict
Addis Ababa – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) today received over 1,500 rolls of heavy-duty plastic sheeting from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) that will be used to provide temporary shelter relief to more than 80,000 people displaced by conflict in the...
Sudan’s PM calls for urgent meeting over Nile dam row
By: Emmanuel Igunza, BBC News
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has called for an urgent summit of leaders of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to try and resolve the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
The talks are seen as last-ditch attempts to revive tripartite talks...
Ethiopia, EU discuss the current situation in Tigray
By:fana
Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Ethiopia held talks today with Pekka Haavisto, Special Envoy of the European Union and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland.
according to Ethiopia state-run media Fana, Discussing the current situation in Tigray, the special envoy appreciated the...
Op-Ed: Where is Abiy’s Leadership
By: Abdiaziz Ali Hussein
Onslaughts and counter onslaughts will neither bring last peace nor victory into the yard of any region. Actors who can consciously touch the FULL STOP switch of the tension between the two brotherly regions, Afar and Somali must do thier...
Facebook shuts down accounts targeting Ethiopia, Sudan, Turkey
BY:BBC AFRICA
Tech giant Facebook says that it has removed more than a dozen accounts and pages on Facebook and Instagram "from Egypt that targeted Ethiopia, Sudan and Turkey.
"We removed 17 Facebook accounts, six Pages, and three Instagram accounts from Egypt that targeted Ethiopia, Sudan,...
Ethiopia says Eritrean troops have started withdrawing from Tigray
BY:REUTERS
Eritrean forces have started withdrawing from Ethiopia’s Tigray region in the north, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said.
The United States, Germany, France and other G7 countries called on Friday for a swift, unconditional and verifiable withdrawal of the Eritrean soldiers, followed by a political process...
UAE sends humanitarian aid plane to Ethiopia
The UAE today sent an aid plane containing 46 metric tons of food and medical supplies to Ethiopia in support of the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region.
Mohamed Salem Al Rashedi, UAE Ambassador to Ethiopia, said, "The UAE has a strong relationship with Ethiopia,...
Ethiopia PM Abiy says Eritrea to withdraw troops from Tigray
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says Eritrea has agreed to withdraw its forces from Tigray, which witnessed mass atrocities against civilians during the months-long conflict in the restive region.
“In our March 26, 2021 discussions with President Isaias Afwerki during my visit to Asmara, the...