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

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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. [...]

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. [...]

Published on 08/07/2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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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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Félix Tschisekedi
Hassoumi Massoudou
Mariam al-Mahdi
Raychelle Omamo
Sameh Hassan Shoukry
Seleshi Bekele
United Nations Security Council

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Kenya
Kenyatta's bid to grab the Commonwealth's secretary general post angers members

The Kenyan president's efforts to get his defence minister Monica Juma elected as the Commonwealth's secretary general during the 7 September summit has annoyed the alliance's other members, who dislike Kenya's attempts to monopolise positions in all other international organisations.

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Kenyan defence minister Monica Juma with Kenya's head of state Uhuru Kenyatta.

DRC, Ethiopia
Abiy sends watchdog to monitor DRC's chairmanship of the African Union

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Africa, Egypt
Ethiopian mega-dam to be top priority of the African Union's new Egyptian ambassador

Egypt is one of a number of African countries which is currently in the process of appointing new ambassadors in Addis Ababa, where the pan-African body has its headquarters.

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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia.

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 | 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.

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

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

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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UAE Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Abiy and Sisi spar over GERD in Washington through opposing lobbyists

Addis Ababa has followed in Cairo's footsteps and hired a US lobbying heavyweight. Worried his Egyptian rival will take the lead in the Grand Renaissance dam debate and concerned about his declining reputation over the Tigray conflict, the Ethiopian prime minister is working institutions, diplomats, and the media.

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Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Horn of Africa
Kenyatta and Abiy's friendship begins to fray

The Kenyan and Ethiopian heads of state are trying to have IGAD play to their tune, dampening the impact of the regional organisation's initiatives.

Subscribers only Politics 05.01.2021

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali at the inauguration of the Moyale border crossing in December 2020.

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Mariam al-Mahdi
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Sameh Hassan Shoukry
Seleshi Bekele
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Ethiopia Stifled by rising oil prices, Ethiopia's private sector turns to solar

Kenya Kenyatta's bid to grab the Commonwealth's secretary general post angers members

DRC, Ethiopia Abiy sends watchdog to monitor DRC's chairmanship of the African Union

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Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

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

Ethiopia
Stifled by rising oil prices, Ethiopia's private sector turns to solar

Kenya
Kenyatta's bid to grab the Commonwealth's secretary general post angers members

DRC, Ethiopia
Abiy sends watchdog to monitor DRC's chairmanship of the African Union

Africa, Egypt
Ethiopian mega-dam to be top priority of the African Union's new Egyptian ambassador

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

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

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

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Abiy and Sisi spar over GERD in Washington through opposing lobbyists

Horn of Africa
Kenyatta and Abiy's friendship begins to fray