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King of Morocco Travels to Addis Ababa to Attend AU Summit

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 28, 2017 | Middle East

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI arrived in Ethiopia on Saturday morning to participate in the African Union Summit. Morocco is seeking to re-join the continental union after an absence of 32 years. According to a statement issued by the Moroccan Ministry of Royal...

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A general view of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam, as it undergoes construction, is seen during a media tour along the Nile in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Guba Woreda, in Ethiopia, March 31, 2015. Reuters

Addis Ababa Reassures Cairo over Nile Water Share

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 30, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo-The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that it has received assurances from Ethiopia’s government communication affairs office Minister Getachew Reda that Addis Ababa respects Cairo’s Nile water share. The communications office of the Ethiopian council of...

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In this Friday, May 9, 2014 image made from video, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, center left, and rebel leader Riek Machar, center right, exchanging signed documents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (AP Photo)

South Sudan’s rebel leader agrees new ceasefire with president

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 10, 2014 | Middle East

Addis Ababa, Reuters—South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel commander Riek Machar signed a ceasefire deal on Friday after coming under growing international pressure to end ethnic fighting that has raised fears of genocide. Friday’s deal was made at a...

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Rwandan UN peacekeepers conducting a security sweep of the Internally Displaced Person Camp in Tom-ping, Juba, South Sudan, 14 January 2014. (EPA/ISAAC ALEBE AVORO LU’BA / UN PHOTO / HANDOUT)

South Sudan truce imminent, say negotiators

by Mustafa Sirri | Jan 19, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat— The two sides of the conflict currently engulfing South Sudan have agreed to sign a ceasefire imminently, in accordance with a document presented by African mediators, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), sources in South...

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A picture taken on May 28, 2013 shows the Blue Nile in Guba, Ethiopia, during its diversion ceremony. (AFP Photo/William Lloyd George)

Ethiopia ratifies Nile treaty, raises tensions with Egypt

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein and Mustafa Sirri | Jun 14, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo/London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ethiopia’s parliament has unanimously ratified a treaty which is seeking to replace colonial-era agreements granting Egypt and Sudan the largest share of the Nile’s water. This treaty, which strips Egypt of its right to the...