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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
