Regional summit in Cairo seeks to halt violence in Sudan
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.
Source:Ethiopian News
July 13, 2023 16:10 UTC
UN experts urge Ethiopia to stop deporting, detaining Eritreans
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.
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July 13, 2023 15:23 UTC
Egypt and Ethiopia agree to finalise GERD agreement in four months
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.
Source:Ethiopian News
July 13, 2023 15:11 UTC
Egypt President, Ethiopia PM Aiming to Finalize Dam Agreement Within Four Months
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.
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July 13, 2023 15:10 UTC
#ASDailyScoop: BGI Ethiopia sets path to accelerated growth with relocation, expansion strategy
(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.
Source:Ethiopian News
July 13, 2023 15:01 UTC
Egypt Holds Conference With Sudan's Neighbors on New Cease-Fire
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.
Source:Ethiopian News
July 13, 2023 13:43 UTC
Morocco to expand national carrier RAM in tourism sector boost
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.
Source:Ethiopian News
July 13, 2023 13:25 UTC
Leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia agree to resume negotiations on Nile dam
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.
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July 13, 2023 13:15 UTC
Ethiopia: Harassment of activists and journalists escalate
Arrests and harassment of journalists, opposition figures and activists in Ethiopia have risen this year, the war-torn country’s rights watchdog said, underlining “concerning” levels of violence despite a peace agreement. ALSO READ: Ethiopia food aid to be resumed with immediate effect: MSFThe deal “brought relative peace in most parts of Tigray, as well as parts of Amhara and Afar regions”, the EHRC said. But “conflict, insecurity, attacks by armed groups, and security measures by government forces continued to cause civilian deaths, bodily injury and displacement in all regions of Ethiopia”. “Conflicts and attacks in Oromia region… are extremely concerning and require urgent attention,” the commission said. “Although many were later released or transferred to a regular place of detention, several others remain forcibly disappeared.”ayv/sba/bp/giv© Agence France-Presse
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July 13, 2023 12:55 UTC
Sudan's neighbors meeting in Cairo for summit agree to Egypt's initiative to try to end conflict
CAIRO (AP) — Leaders from Sudan’s seven neighboring countries agreed on Thursday in Cairo to a new Egyptian-led initiative seeking to resolve the deepening conflict in the African country. On Monday, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development — an eight-member East African bloc that's also part of the African Union — held talks between Sudan's rival forces. In closing remarks at the end of the summit, el-Sissi said further talks among the seven nations would be held in Chad. The 12 weeks of fighting between the army and the RSF have turned Khartoum, Sudan's capital, into an urban battlefield. ___This story has been corrected to show that Ethiopia’s prime minister attended the summit, not the president; and that leaders from Sudan’s seven neighboring countries met in Cairo, not six countries.
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July 13, 2023 12:51 UTC
Emirates Draw: Indian welder wins Dh75,000, Egyptian IT professional bags Dh50,000, Ghanaian makes back-to-back wins
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July 13, 2023 10:19 UTC
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Sudan's neighbors meet at summit in Cairo seeking to end raging conflict
CAIRO — (AP) — Leaders from Sudan’s six neighboring countries met in Cairo on Thursday for the most high-profile peace talks since conflict erupted across the northeastern African country in mid-April. The meeting, hosted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, was attended by the leaders of Ethiopia, South Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, the Central African Republic and Libya. The conflict has killed more than 3,000 people and wounded more than 6,000 others, Health Minister Haitham Mohammed Ibrahim said last month. Around 738,000 others have crossed into neighboring countries, the agency said. Thursday’s meeting in Cairo comes weeks after talks in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah broke down after both sides repeatedly failed to stop fighting and violated cease-fire agreements.
Source:Ethiopian News
July 13, 2023 09:10 UTC