Egypt and Ethiopia are hoping to reach a breakthrough in the regional dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Egypt and Ethiopia agreed Thursday to finalise a deal over Ethiopia's controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile within four months, a breakthrough after years of tensions between the two countries. They agreed "to initiate expedited negotiations to finalise the agreement between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the filling" of the dam and its operation within four months, the statement said. Protracted negotiations over the filling and operation of the dam since 2011 have failed to bring about an agreement between Ethiopia and its downstream neighbours. Egypt has long viewed the dam as an existential threat, as it relies on the Nile for 97 percent of its water needs.

Nairobi (Kenya), Jul 14 (AP) After years of failed talks, Ethiopia and Egypt have said they aim to finalise within four months an agreement on the operations of Africa's largest dam, an apparent breakthrough in a dispute that Cairo has described as an existential threat. Also Read | Senior WA Police Officer Charged with 17 Offences for Having Sex with a 13-year-old Girl; Everything You Need to Know. The new statement does not describe the foreseen agreement as a legally binding one, which Egypt and Sudan have sought. It also doesn't say whether the talks will be under the auspices of the African Union, which Ethiopia has preferred. Key questions in the talks have been how the countries will resolve any future disputes around the dam and how much water Ethiopia will release downstream if a multi-year drought occurs.

Egypt is hosting a summit about the Sudan conflict which include leaders of Ethiopia, South Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, Central African Republic and Libya. (Egyptian Presidency Media Office via AP)In this photo provided by Egypt's presidency media office, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks during the summit on the Sudan conflict, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Egypt is hosting a summit about the Sudan conflict which include leaders of Ethiopia, South Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, Central African Republic and Libya. Egypt is hosting a summit about the Sudan conflict which include leaders of Ethiopia, South Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, Central African Republic and Libya. Egypt is hosting a summit about the Sudan conflict which include leaders of Ethiopia, South Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, Central African Republic and Libya.

“Africa has the largest suitable market for Russian green technology companies, calling on the companies they invest in to explore opportunities on the continent,” Ayuk stressed. The Chairman of the Coordinating Committee for Economic Cooperation with African Countries, Igor Morozov, stated that Africa is a key partner of Russia in the new multipolar world. He specified they have been closely monitoring the speed with which African nations achieve economic sovereignty and digital transformation. More than 700 million out of 1.3 billion Africans are young and this presents a great opportunity, he stressed. The Russian ambassador to Ethiopia, Evgeny Terekhin, ratified Russia’s commitment to deepen its cooperation with African nations in the field of security, medicine, biodiversity, geology and mineral processing, energy, construction, transportation, ecology, agriculture and water resources, among others.

The summit, held in Cairo, aims to bring an end to the bloodshed and find a resolution to the crisis. Egypt's President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has invited Sudan's neighbouring countries to participate in this crucial meeting. The discussions between President al-Sisi and Prime Minister Ahmed will focus on finding ways to settle the crisis in Sudan. The Egyptian presidency emphasized that the meeting will include representatives from Sudan's neighbouring countries, although specific details about the attendees have not been disclosed. The summit in Cairo represents a crucial opportunity to bring stability and peace to Sudan and its neighboring countries, and to find a sustainable resolution to the ongoing crisis.

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Ethiopia and Eritrea are historical adversaries, though Eritrean troops fought alongside their Ethiopian counterparts in a recent two-year conflict against Tigray. A group of United Nations investigators and experts called on Ethiopia on Thursday to halt the deportation of Eritreans and the arbitrary detention of Eritrean refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. The group also condemned what they called the “summary expulsion of hundreds of Eritreans” by Ethiopia at the end of June. Ethiopia’s official Human Rights Commission said on June 24 that it was monitoring the forcible return of about 200 Eritreans. “According to several credible sources, the group included both registered and unregistered refugees and asylum seekers,” the experts’ statement said.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met in Cairo on Thursday to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). In a joint statement, the leaders said they would do “all the necessary efforts” to reach an agreement within four months. Ethiopia also reiterated its commitment not to harm Egypt and Sudan’s share of water during the filling of the dam. The GERD is a controversial project that has been the subject of years of negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan. Egypt is concerned that the dam will reduce its share of Nile water, while Ethiopia sees the dam as a vital source of hydroelectric power.

DUBAI (Reuters) -Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday agreed on initiating urgent negotiations to finalize an agreement between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the rules of its operations, a joint statement said. The statement mentioned the two leaders will make all the necessary efforts to finalize the agreement in four months. Egypt and Ethiopia, Sudan's two largest neighbours, have been at odds in recent years over the construction of the huge hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, close to the border with Sudan. (Reporting by Mohamed Hendawy, Writing by Clauda Tanios; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel and Angus MacSwan)Copyright 2023 Thomson Reuters.

(Photo: BGI Ethiopia/Facebook)Addis Abeba – BGI Ethiopia, one of the leading brewery companies in Ethiopia, has recently achieved a significant milestone in its growth strategy. Last February, after acquiring Meta, BGI Ethiopia launched an expansion of the brewery with an investment of over half a billion birr. The decision to relocate the plant aligns with BGI Ethiopia’s long-term vision of doubling its business within the next five years. Through this strategic move, BGI aims to secure the necessary resources to drive sustainable growth and unlock new opportunities. Hervé Milhade, the CEO of BGI Ethiopia, emphasized that this decision stems from the company’s unwavering commitment to innovation and meeting the evolving needs of its clients and stakeholders.

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Egypt is seeking ways to make an elusive cease-fire hold in the bloody Sudan conflict that has killed thousands and forced Sudan’s residents into at least six neighboring countries as refugees. Leaders from Sudan's seven key neighbors met Thursday in Cairo at the behest of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who is hoping to prevent the three-month-old crisis from worsening and spilling into other regional states. Arab media reported that Sissi is trying to implement binding mechanisms with regional players in the conflict to make a cease-fire work, where previous attempts have failed. Sissi told regional leaders at the opening session of Thursday's conference that everyone attending the meeting appears to understand the critical nature of finding a quick solution to the Sudan conflict. The conflict in Sudan has left more than 4,000 people dead and pushed close to 600,000 Sudanese refugees into Egypt, South Sudan, Chad, Libya, the Central African Republic and Ethiopia.

Morocco's national airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) intends to quadruple its air fleet by the end of the next decade, in order to support the development of the tourism sector, under the terms of a program contract signed on Tuesday with the government. Mr. Akhannouch and the CEO of Royal Air Maroc (RAM), Hamid Addou, signed an investment program contract in Rabat on Tuesday to meet the tourism development plan, which aims to attract 65 million visitors by 2037. The amount of the investment plan was not disclosed either. It recovered in 2022, with around 11 million tourists, representing a recovery rate of 84% of 2019 arrivals, according to official statistics. The Cherifian kingdom aims to welcome 17.5 million tourists by 2026, with expected revenues of 120 billion dirhams (around 11 billion euros), according to the Ministry of Tourism.

Since Tuesday, Russian media houses have wasted no time in criticizing Turkiye and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s leadership, even questioning the reliability of Ankara’s friendship. He claimed that Turkiye sees Russia as a powerful ally and expressed regret that Moscow had supported Erdogan’s re-election. Erdogan expects to have a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in August to discuss these issues. There is an asymmetric relationship between Turkiye and Russia that has greatly benefited the Turkish side since the start of the war. To what extent Turkiye will be able to balance its relationship with Biden and Putin is still unclear.