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30 Apr 2022 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Over 20 Million People In Africa In Dire Need Of Food And Water

$200 Million USD added to aid package for Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia. UN estimates requirement exceeds $4.4 Billion USD. 20 million people facing starvation.

26 Apr 2022 CAIRO, Egypt

Ethiopia And Egypt Still Struggling To Achieve Dam Coordination

Africa Union efforts to conclude agreement inconclusive; water conservation projects in Egypt fall short of meeting needs.

24 Feb 2022 NAIROBI, Kenya

Fuel Blockade Halts Humanitarian Efforts In Tigray

The blockage of fuel deliveries by the Government of Ethiopia has severely curtailed humanitarian efforts in Tigray; numbers of affected people difficult to determine.

11 Feb 2022 CAIRO, Egypt

GERD Negotiations: Egypt Sends Out Feeler

Ahead of African Union summit, Egypt's Prime Minister has called for  dam negotiations to resume and follows Ethiopia's conciliatory statements of mutual benefit for Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia.

6 Jan 2022 CAIRO, Egypt

GERD: Gulf States Support Egypt

GCC minister acknowledges Egypt's pivotal role in regional stability; emphasizes need for legally binding agreement among Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan

21 Sep 2021 NEW YORK NY, United States

Security Council Urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan To Resume GERD Talks

UN Security Council stresses need for Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt to continue talks with African Union in order to agree water sharing of Nile River.

25 May 2021 BANISSA

Kenya and Ethiopia Seek End To Tribal Water Conflict

Regular peace engagement and consultation meetings will be held

30 Apr 2021 KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo

Rhetoric Escalates As GERD Talks Fail To Make Progress

Ethiopia has called for a meeting of the African Union as tripartite talks fail again, plans to recommence reservoir filling in July's rainy season. Egypt and Sudan have insisted upon reaching agreement on water flows prior to any further filling.

12 Mar 2021 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Broader International Mediation Sought In GERD Impasse

Egypt and Sudan have renewed their calls for a new negotiating mechanism mediated by four international parties to help resolve the long-running dispute with Ethiopia over the GERD (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) project.

6 Mar 2021 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Broader international mediation sought to resolve GERD impasse as US reviews aid freeze

Egypt and Sudan have renewed their calls for a new negotiating mechanism mediated by four international parties to help resolve the long-running dispute with Ethiopia over the GERD (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) project.It comes as the US plans to review the freeze of $272 Million USD in aid to Ethiopia imposed by the Trump administration in response to its GERD actions...

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16 Feb 2021 CAIRO

Water Wastage Fines For Egyptian Farmers

Egypt is fining farmers for wasting water as Ethiopia approaches the second phase of the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), built on one of the main tributaries of the Nile River, which Cairo fears will affect its share of water. On Jan. 28, the Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Mohamed Abdel-Aty, stressed the importance of finding successful ways to switch from flood irrigation to modern irrigation systems...

12 Jan 2021 KHARTOUM, Sudan

GERD Negotiations Stall Again

The latest round of tripartite (Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan) talks around the contentious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have broken down, following a long-standing diplomatic pattern.Background: The GERD Saga (90 news articles)Negotiations were scheduled to commence 10 January to agree upon filling and operation of the reservoir behind the dam, but “failed to reach an acceptable agreement to resume negotiations” according to Sudan state media...