David McNair As diplomats put the final touches on preparations for a joint summit between the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) this week, early indications suggest the headline outcomes will disappoint. But what is happening behind the scenes is much more significant. Why? Because dry intergovernmental negotiations …
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Ahram Online The African Union’s (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) pledged support to Egypt, the host of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) next November, to “advance African priorities and reach concrete actions on global climate change”. The council urged the AU Commission to finalise an assessment …
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Ahram Online The Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS) is assuming the chairmanship of ‘the African Union Committee of Intelligence and Security Services’ (CISSA) for 2022, after Nigeria’s chairmanship term. The announcement was revealed at the 17th conference of CISSA, which was held in Cairo on Sunday. Addressing the heads of …
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Ahram Online Egypt has welcomed a statement issued on Wednesday by the UN Security Council calling to resume negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). “The UNSC has urged observers of previous GERD negotiations under the African Union’s sponsorship, and any other observers to be involved in future dam …
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Egypt Independent Ethiopia has rejected, Friday, the proposals of Egypt and Sudan to refer the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) dispute to the UN Security Council. It accused the two downstream countries of undermining the ongoing negotiations under the auspices of the African Union. The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry confirmed, in …
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Cairo – Times of Egypt A virtual conference organised by The Women’s Committee at the Egyptian-African Businessmen’s Association (EABA), on ‘The role of African women in supporting the Inter-African Trade Agreement post-Corona pandemic challenges’ started its proceedings on Tuesday, June 1st. Dr. Youssef el-SharKawi, Chairman of EABA, has opened the …
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Egypt Today Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Senegalese counterpart Macky Sall agreed on coordinating their two countries’ positions on the Ethiopian ‘Renaissance Dam’ issue and on building stronger economic ties between Cairo and Dakar in a meeting in Paris on Wednesday. “We have confidence that the second filling …
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Ahram Online “A politicisation of the its disputed ‘Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis would not lead to a win-win outcome”, said Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen. Mekonnen said, “neither politicisation nor sabotage should rule policies over the Nile”, stressing that “encouraging cooperation should be the …
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Cairo – Times of Egypt “The current round of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations held in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), did not achieve any progress nor lead to an agreement on re-launching the negotiation”, a statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs …
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Cairo – Times of Egypt Egyptian, Ethiopian and Sudanese Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Irrigation Ministers resumed negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, on Sunday. The current round of negotiations is hosted by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is the current …
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