US elections In early November, presidential elections were held in the US, in which Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden faced off. The election results remain controversial – many people tend to question the fairness of the election given the opaque counting system and President Trump’s claims that the elections had serious irregularities. Only some states have certified Biden’s ...
US obscurity: legal wars The results of the presidential elections in the US are still unknown. The candidates – Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump – each consider themselves the winner. Despite the statements of mainstream media supporting Biden, there are no real results. The plan is for the United States to confirm the election results by the critical ...
On Sunday November 23 the Ethiopian government gave the leadership and units of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) 72 hours to lay down their arms and stop resisting federal forces. The announcement was made by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The conflict between Ethiopia’s central government and the TPLF has been going on for three weeks. With the end ...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt should move towards a “mutual agreement” on the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD). His words came on Tuesday, August 25 during his visit to the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed also arrived in Khartoum at this time. The State Department said that ...
On July 5, Egypt announced that it had suspended participation in negotiations with Ethiopia on the Hidase – Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) hydroelectric power plant and that additional internal consultations would be held. The text of the agreement proposed by the Ethiopian side was the main reason for the collapse in negotiations: according to the Egyptian Ministry of Water ...
By Nardine Ali The women of Egypt have spoken up about years of sexual harassment and assaults. The recent wave of the movement has been caused by the allegations of several women that a student of the upscale American University in Cairo (AUC), Ahmed Bassam Zaki, sexually assaulted them and blackmailed them to continue their relationship with him. The victims, ...
By Nardine Ali The Egyptian political and social scenes were on shaky water over the past two weeks due to changes domestically and regionally that required President Abdel Fatah Al Sisi’s intervention and speedy comment to assure the Egyptian people about their future. Is there an imminent war on Egypt’s western borders? After weeks of escalations between Egypt and Turkey, ...
Europe France vs. Turkey and Russia On June 22, French President Emmanuelle Macron declared at a joint press conference with Tunisian President Kais Said that “Turkey plays a dangerous game in Libya”. Later Macron also accused Russia of interference in the Libyan conflict. On June 29, French President said he was concerned about the presence of PMC Wagner in the ...
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agree to resume GERD negotiations On June 26, the African Union organized a “mini-summit” with leaders from Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, South Africa, Kenya, DR Congo and Mali. As a result of negotiations on GERD – Ethiopia’s Blue Nile HPP – Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan decided to form a legal and technical committee to work out ...
The fight against the construction of the Ethiopian GERD dam continues, while the last negotiations of the key stakeholders – Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia – have reached an impasse. The resolution, drafted by Egypt and endorsed by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Arab League countries, with the exception of Djibouti and Somalia, was adopted via videoconference. The Arab League ...