Ethiopia hosted another tripartite meeting over the technical studies of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Addis Ababa this week. The irrigation and foreign ministers of Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia reportedly met to reach a consensus on the hydro-dam.… Read more ›
An independent United Nations human rights expert, Mashood Banderin, has arrived in Sudan for a ten-day visit to assess the country’s credential’s against the organization’s standards. Mr. Banderin has revealed that during this visit he will focus on the situation… Read more ›
The United States has issued a stinging condemnation of alleged attacks by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on civilians in Blue Nile and North Kordofan States. According to Samantha Power, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, in a statement… Read more ›
Despite their much publicised row over Ethiopia’s construction of a dam on the Blue Nile, the governments of both nations have committed to collaborate towards the establishment of a hydraulic research laboratory in Addis Ababa. Egypt’s Minister for Irrigation and… Read more ›
Africa’s largest hydropower project – the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – is reportedly under threat, as Egypt and Ethiopia are yet to transverse a deadlock in negotiations over the Nile’s flow, reports indicate. The construction of the dam, taking place… Read more ›
The Sudanese Air Force is reported to have conducted a raid on villages in South Kordofan on Sunday, killing two children and destroying countless properties. According to Radio Dabanga, a Sukhoi airplane believed to belong to the government dropped two… Read more ›
The Water Resources and Irrigation Ministers of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan are scheduled to meet in Khartoum on December 8th. The forthcoming meeting was announced yesterday, after a brief meeting between the ministers in Khartoum. Osama Adballah, the Sudanese Minister… Read more ›