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A man sits outside the office building of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat in Accra, capital of Ghana, Aug. 17, 2020. (Ghana Presidency/Handout via Xinhua)
NAIROBI, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) Trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) begins Friday, making it the world s largest free trade area in terms of participating member states after the formation of the World Trade Organization. It is the start of a new era of trade between African countries, said South African President Cyril Ramaphosa late on Thursday in his New Year message when commenting on the AfCFTA commencement on Jan. 1, 2021.
Sudan army: We regained control over 80% of our borderlands with Ethiopia December 31, 2020 at 3:00 am | Published in: Africa, Ethiopia, News, Sudan
Sudanese Army’s deputy chief of staff, Lieutenant General Khaled Abdin al-Shami, speaks to the members of press as Sudanese army has retaken control of an area in the al-Fashqa border region with Ethiopia on 29 December 2020, in eastern Al -Qadarif State, Sudan. [Mahmoud Hjaj - Anadolu Agency] December 31, 2020 at 3:00 am
The Sudanese army announced that it has regained control over 80 per cent of Sudanese territory previously seized by Ethiopian militias, stressing that: The confrontations were against members of the Ethiopian army, not militias, considering the use of large-scale and long-range weapons.
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MoFA spokesperson Ambassador Dina Mufti gave his last press briefing on Tuesday December 30 but the official statement from the Ministry did not include Egypt as his talking point
By Siyanne Mekonnen
Addis Abeba, December 31/2020 – The office of the Spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied reports that are widely circulating saying that Egypt’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Ethiopia’s envoy in Cairo over comments on Egypt by Ambassador Dina Mufti, the Spokesperson of the Ministry.
On December 30, Egypt’s leading newspaper Ahram Online reported that Egypt’s foreign ministry summoned Ethiopia’s chargé d’affaires on comments made by Ambassador Dina during his biweekly press briefing. The news was also reported by Reuters.
“These statements touch on the internal Egyptian scene,” the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said without elaborating.
Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Dina Mufti had reportedly criticised Egypt’s stance towards a disputed dam constructed by his country on the Nile. Mufti, an ex-Ethiopian ambassador to Egypt, claimed it manipulated the project to distract attention from internal problems.
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have been engaged in years-long negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Round of talks
In July, the three riparian countries started a new round of talks sponsored by the African Union without making any headway so far.
Egyptian officials have repeatedly blamed Ethiopia for the deadlock and accused Addis Ababa of playing for time.The Ethiopian dam has triggered wide fears in Egypt, which relies heavily on the Nile to cover the water needs of its population of over 100 million people.
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