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Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan
Emirates seek to mediate between Sisi, Abiy, and Hamdock over GERD mega-dam

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“The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary”

Ethiopia

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

Although the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is due to come into service in 2021, no agreement has yet been found by Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan regarding their respective rights to the waters of the River Nile. For nearly a decade, the great Ethiopian dam has been a source of tension between the three countries. Ethiopia sees the €4bn project, which has been entirely financed by Ethiopian taxpayers but has not yet been completed, as a means of making itself self-sufficient in energy and affirming its power in the region. [...]

UAE Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. © Simon Dawson/Reuters

Emirati Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed has already offered to mediate between Sudan and Ethiopia in their dispute over the Al Fashaqa border region. He is now hoping to use his influence over the Egyptian, Sudanese, and Ethiopian regimes to try to resolve their thorny conflict over the Grand Renaissance Ethiopian Dam. [...]

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Diplomacy

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“The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary”

Ethiopia

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

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Abdallah Hamdok
Abdel Fattah al Sisi
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
GERD
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi
MBZ
Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan
Sovereignty Council

Egypt
Egypt makes major changes in African ambassadorships

Several of Cairo's new representatives will take up their roles in African capitals in the coming weeks. The reshuffle follows the resumption of negotiations over the GERD in July.

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at Baghdad Airport in Iraq on 27 June 2021.

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
Afwerki's diplomatic blitz to mediate between Khartoum and Addis

With implicit support from the Emirates and with less than two weeks to prepare, the Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki took on the role of mediator between his neighbours. An initiative which could be seen as an act of defiance directed towards international institutions, and not least the UN, which has placed sanctions on Eritrea.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.01.2022

Sudan
Umma leader sticks his neck out to bring Hamdok back into the game

The retired army officer and leader of the Islamic Umma party, Fadlallah Burmah Nasser, was one of the key negotiators of the deal reached between Abdalla Hamdok and General al-Burhan last weekend to reinstate Hamdok as prime minister.

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The acting secretary-general of the Umma party, Fadlallah Burmah Nasser.

Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan
Foreign minister Lamamra dreams of GERD summit in Algiers

Algerian foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra has taken tentative steps to mediate between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan in their dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and is considering holding a summit Algiers.

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Algeria, Morocco
Mohammed VI ropes in Mohamed bin Salman to mend Algiers rift

Following the breakdown of diplomatic relations with Algiers, Rabat has asked for Saudi Arabia's help in representing its interests with its neighbour. The Saudi crown prince is also keen to mediate between both countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.09.2021

Morocco's King Mohammed VI and Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman.

Spotlight | Africa, Ethiopia, UAE
MbZ favourite International Golden Group expands Africa focus

Often used to vehicle Emirati diplomacy, the UAE defence conglomerate IGG has been picking up projects in Africa and sent a team to Addis Ababa to scout for military sales opportunities in July.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 27.08.2021

Egypt, Ethiopia
After failing at the UN, Sisi turns to MBZ for GERD support

The second phase of filling the vast Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam started on 5 July. Egypt, which failed to convince the UN to take up the issue, is doing all it can to get the UAE strongman to block Addis.

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Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan
Sissi struggles to rally Kenyatta on GERD

A UN Security Council meeting on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is being held in New York this Thursday, at Tunisia's request. Egypt is pushing hard for the adoption of a resolution on the issue, despite a lack of consensus between the council's African members.

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Spotlight | Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia
Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

In his race to stop Ethiopia from filling its huge Renaissance dam, the Egyptian president is rallying the Nile Basin countries to his cause one by one.

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was received on 27 May 2021 in Djibouti by his counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh.

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
Sisi tries two-pronged attack on Abiy via Khartoum and Djibouti

The Egyptian army wants to capitalise on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's visit to Djibouti last week to strengthen cooperation with the country in hope of securing a permanent presence there. Cairo generals, which have already firmed up ties with their counterparts in Sudan, are fighting Ethiopia's plans to continue filling the Renaissance dam this summer.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 04.06.2021

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh in Djibouti.

Horn of Africa
MBZ dominates fence-mending efforts between Abiy and Hamdok

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has emerged as UAE Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan's envoy to Sudan to speed up reconciliation with neighbouring Ethiopia.

Free access Diplomacy 19.05.2021

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan.

Sudan
Hamdok prepares Sudan for regional autonomy

Sudan, whose federalism has until now remained largely theoretical, is working to grant fiscal and budgetary autonomy to a set of newly drawn regions. This is one of the projects that Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok plans to present to donors next week in Paris.

Subscribers only Politics 10.05.2021

Sudan
Burhan and Hemeti questioned over Khartoum massacre

Generals Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo are being questioned about the chain of command on 3 June 2019 when armed forces opened fire on protestors and at least 127 people were killed.

Subscribers only Politics 05.05.2021

Spotlight | Ethiopia, Sudan
Abu Dhabi's al-Fashaqa mediation is Act One of a long game of influence

Four months in the making, the UAE's February offer to mediate between its Sudanese and Ethiopian allies in their dispute over the fertile al-Fashaqa border region looks like the first step in a major diplomatic foray across eastern Africa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.03.2021

Ethiopia
Addis Ababa bolsters diplomatic route in attempt to rekindle dialogue with Cairo and Washington

The heated Nile dam dispute is still top of Gedu Andargachew's list of concerns. The Ethiopian foreign minister took advantage of the presence of his envoys in Addis to add muscle to his diplomatic blitz.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 04.09.2020

Ethiopian foreign affairs minister Gedu Andargachew.

Spotlight | Sudan
Balance of power in Khartoum swings to Cairo-Abu Dhabi-Riyadh axis

Building on the meeting organised on 17 May by the US assistant secretary of state for African affairs Tibor Nagy, on 21 June Berlin will host diplomats from the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union, the Intergovernmental Authority [.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 07.06.2019

General Mohamed Hamdan Dalgo aka Hemeti, head of the RSF and VP of the Transitional Military Council

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Abdallah Hamdok
Abdel Fattah al Sisi
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
GERD
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi
MBZ
Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan
Sovereignty Council

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Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan
Emirates seek to mediate between Sisi, Abiy, and Hamdock over GERD mega-dam

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Egypt makes major changes in African ambassadorships

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
Afwerki's diplomatic blitz to mediate between Khartoum and Addis

Sudan
Umma leader sticks his neck out to bring Hamdok back into the game

Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan
Foreign minister Lamamra dreams of GERD summit in Algiers

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MbZ favourite International Golden Group expands Africa focus

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After failing at the UN, Sisi turns to MBZ for GERD support

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Sissi struggles to rally Kenyatta on GERD

Spotlight | Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia
Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

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Sisi tries two-pronged attack on Abiy via Khartoum and Djibouti

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Spotlight | Ethiopia, Sudan
Abu Dhabi's al-Fashaqa mediation is Act One of a long game of influence

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Balance of power in Khartoum swings to Cairo-Abu Dhabi-Riyadh axis

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Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan Emirates seek to mediate between Sisi, Abiy, and Hamdock over GERD mega-dam

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

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Egypt Egypt makes major changes in African ambassadorships

Spotlight | Horn of Africa Afwerki's diplomatic blitz to mediate between Khartoum and Addis

Sudan Umma leader sticks his neck out to bring Hamdok back into the game

Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan Foreign minister Lamamra dreams of GERD summit in Algiers

Algeria, Morocco Mohammed VI ropes in Mohamed bin Salman to mend Algiers rift

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Egypt, Ethiopia After failing at the UN, Sisi turns to MBZ for GERD support

Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan Sissi struggles to rally Kenyatta on GERD

Spotlight | Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

Spotlight | Horn of Africa Sisi tries two-pronged attack on Abiy via Khartoum and Djibouti

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Sudan Hamdok prepares Sudan for regional autonomy

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Spotlight | Ethiopia, Sudan Abu Dhabi's al-Fashaqa mediation is Act One of a long game of influence

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan
Emirates seek to mediate between Sisi, Abiy, and Hamdock over GERD mega-dam

Egypt
Egypt makes major changes in African ambassadorships

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
Afwerki's diplomatic blitz to mediate between Khartoum and Addis

Sudan
Umma leader sticks his neck out to bring Hamdok back into the game

Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan
Foreign minister Lamamra dreams of GERD summit in Algiers

Algeria, Morocco
Mohammed VI ropes in Mohamed bin Salman to mend Algiers rift

Spotlight | Africa, Ethiopia, UAE
MbZ favourite International Golden Group expands Africa focus

Egypt, Ethiopia
After failing at the UN, Sisi turns to MBZ for GERD support

Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan
Sissi struggles to rally Kenyatta on GERD

Spotlight | Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia
Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
Sisi tries two-pronged attack on Abiy via Khartoum and Djibouti

Horn of Africa
MBZ dominates fence-mending efforts between Abiy and Hamdok

Sudan
Hamdok prepares Sudan for regional autonomy

Sudan
Burhan and Hemeti questioned over Khartoum massacre

Spotlight | Ethiopia, Sudan
Abu Dhabi's al-Fashaqa mediation is Act One of a long game of influence

Ethiopia
Addis Ababa bolsters diplomatic route in attempt to rekindle dialogue with Cairo and Washington

Spotlight | Sudan
Balance of power in Khartoum swings to Cairo-Abu Dhabi-Riyadh axis