All past efforts at a political resolution have floundered because the various parties supporting one side or the other in Libya’s civil war have failed to understand the Libyan socio-political scene. Ziad Akl* Libya remains a platform for regional conflicts in the Mediterranean and North Africa. Several actors, mainly Egypt, …
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Egypt Independent “Clashes resumed in Southern Yemen between the Emirati-backed separatists and the internationally recognized government”, officials said on Wednesday. The renewed violence comes after the Southern Transitional Council (STC) suspended participation in talks to implement the Saudi-brokered peace deal. The STC, an umbrella group of militias backed by the …
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Amr Kandil – Ahram Online Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi attended a trilateral summit with the Jordanian king and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Tuesday. The summit, which is being held for the third time, will cover economic cooperation, trade and investment in addition to regional developments. “Jordan’s King Abdullah …
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Egypt Today Two Egyptian flights carrying aid to Lebanon, arrived at Rafiq al-Hariri Airport in Beirut on Monday. The 13th and 14th flights touched down in Beirut as part of an Egyptian airlift relief initiative. The flights carried about 30 tons of relief and food aid, as well as medical …
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Ahram Online Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have resumed negotiations on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Sunday, one day earlier than the previously scheduled talks, amid efforts to break the deadlock in reaching an agreement over the dam. Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez posted a tweet on …
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Egypt Independent Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok emphasized his country’s adherence to reaching a comprehensive and binding agreement on the rules governing the filling and operating of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). “There is no choice but to negotiate in order to resolve the outstanding legal and technical issues between …
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Menna Alaa el-Din – Ahram Online Sudan has announced that it will boycott the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations scheduled for tomorrow Monday, over Ethiopia’s non-commitment to the talks’ agenda, Al-Arabiya TV reported on Sunday. A Sudanese government source said, “Khartoum refuses to return to the African Union …
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Egypt Today “Egypt sent a letter to South Africa, chair the African Union (AU), Egypt expressed its total rejection to Ethiopia unilateral acts on the filling and the operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam”, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation statement on Wednesday. The letter included …
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Egypt Today A new round of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) resumed on Monday. The refreshed negotiations has been attended by representatives of Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, observers from the United States, the European Union and the African Union Commission (AUC). The three countries are seeking to reach …
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International law will have the final say on preserving Egypt’s water rights after the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, says Professor Muhammed Sameh Amr Muhammed Sameh Amr Since 2011, Ethiopia has been constructing a new dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile without paying …
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