In Addis Ababa, the parliament has decided to replace the treaty written by Britain in 1929, which gave Egypt veto power over projects in the upstream of the Nile. It is one of the latest actions following the exchange of words between Egypt and Ethiopia over the construction of the Grand Renaissance dam. Speaking in [...]
Ever since Ethiopia decided to invest almost $12 billion to exploit energy that can be provided by the Nile River which crosses the country by building a series of dams, Egypt has had concerns. It feared that the dams will diminish the Nile’s flow; therefore, it has gone in pressuring International lenders as well as [...]
Khartoum has taken another mighty stride towards solidifying the oil and security agreements it had with its new neighbor. The Sudanese parliament has given its blessings to the deals by approving them with only two of almost half of the 350 members present voting against it. Convincing the members of parliament to support the agreements [...]
More than a year after South Sudan became independent from Sudan, the two countries have not yet reached agreement on their oil and border disputes and no progress seems likely in the meeting they are currently holding in Ethiopia in a bid to resolve these disputes. At this meeting, South Sudan has offered Sudan more [...]
At the currently on going Summit in Ethiopia on African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC), South Sudan and Sudan have come close to forgetting about their differences after the ‘’tête à tête’’ between their two presidents ended up with happy and smiling faces. This was confirmed by South Sudan’s chief negotiator, Pagan Amum, who [...]
Clashes continue at the Diem Mansour area, south of Kurmuk close to the Ethiopian border, between rebel and government forces in the Blue Nile State in renewed efforts by the former to take over the area again. Government forces are claiming the upper hand as the military spokesperson, Col. Al-Sawarmi Khalid Saad, said that the [...]
Ethiopia will extend its railway network by the construction of 5,000 km of railway lines by 2020. To this end, Ethiopia struck deals with a Chinese and a Turkish company to construct the $3.2 billion dollar railway network, out of which a 1,808km long section is expected to be completed by 2015. With this huge [...]
The Dubai-based Emirates airlines will increase the number of its flights to Zambia and Zimbabwe as of next October. The carrier which currently operates Dubai-Harare-Lusaka flights five days a week will introduce daily flights to meet the rising demand on the route, the air company said. The cargo capacity will also be increased by 40 [...]
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