May 13, 2021
On April 24, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo. During their meeting, both leaders discussed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam dispute, which has pitted Egypt and Sudan against Ethiopia.
Mohammed bin Zayed’s discussions with Sisi on the dam issue reflect the UAE’s growing interest in ameliorating this dispute. On March 26, the UAE formally offered to mediate the dam dispute and on March 31, the UAE invited the foreign ministers of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt for talks on the dam in Abu Dhabi. The UAE wishes to facilitate a deal that would allow Ethiopia to fill the dam and simultaneously ensure that the downstream countries, Egypt and Sudan, maintain sufficient access to Nile River water.
Tuesday, 11 May, 2021 - 07:15
Water flows through Ethiopia s Grand Renaissance Dam as it undergoes construction work on the river Nile in Ethiopia. (Reuters file photo) Cairo - Mohammed Abdo Hassanein
The joint US and African efforts to resolve the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis are racing against time, as Ethiopia insists on implementing the second filling next July, while Egypt and Sudan reject any partial solution.
US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman concluded on Monday his tour to Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia where he met with the Ethiopian Minister of Water, Irrigation, and Energy Seleshi Bekele, in the presence of the Ethiopian GERD negotiating team.
Wednesday, 5 May, 2021 - 08:15
US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman. (Reuters) Washington, Cairo - Ali Barada and Walid Abdul Rahman
US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman kicked off on Tuesday an African tour that includes Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan.
He will hold meetings with officials from the respective governments, as well as the United Nations and the African Union, the US Department of State announced on Monday.
Feltman’s visits are aimed at addressing the complex political, security and humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa. He concludes his tour on May 13.
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Ethiopia’s Prime Minister declined a call by his Sudanese counterpart for a tripartite meeting to break the deadlock over the stalled talks on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
After the failure of a meeting held in Kinshasa earlier this month, Abdallah Hamdok called his Egyptian and Ethiopian counterparts for a videoconference meeting on 23 April to reach a compromise on the stalled talks.
Hamdok said his call for the meeting was based on the Declaration of Principles (DoP) of 2015 which provides that in the case of failure to solve a dispute, the parties “Can ask for mediation or refer the matter to their heads of states or prime ministers”.