Red Sea Diving Resort: The holiday village run by spies
bbc.com By Raffi Berg BBC News, Tel Aviv Arous was an idyllic holiday resort in the Sudanese desert, on the shores of the Red Sea. But this glamorous destination was […]
A state for some of its citizens: Captured black soldier’s saga highlights racism in Israel
Jan 24,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud “For how long will I be in captivity? After so many years, where are the state and the people of Israel?” These were the words, uttered in Hebrew, of a person believed to be Avera Mengistu, an Israeli soldier of Ethiopian origin […]
Ukraine aid requirements leave other global hotspots starved of funds
Previous SPECIAL 1 / 4 Ukrainian refugees being evacuated from Irpin to Kyiv after Russian forces invaded Ukraine. (Shutterstock) SPECIAL 2 / 4 People who have fled to refugee centers to escape […]
Fasting in Ethiopia
Fazal Ahmad – UKWORLD RELIGIONS 30th March 2022 Misir Wat, a traditional Ethiopian dish for fasting©Shutterstock Fazal Ahmad, UKEditor, World Religions Section On a recent visit to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, I was surprised to see that the local Orthodox Christians fast much longer and more diligently than the normal […]
Ethiopia starts electricity production at Blue Nile mega-dam
Sudan and Egypt see the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as a threat, but Ethiopia sees it as essential for its development. Published On 20 Feb 202220 Feb 2022 Ethiopian Prime […]
10 Most Long-Lived Empires In History
In simple words, an empire is a political entity that exerts control or dominance over other political entities and peoples. The world has had empires almost since the beginning of human history. Several empires have achieved global status, with territory spanning more than one continent. History has also shown that […]
Why I’m proud to be black and Jewish
Published8 hours ago BBC.COM After years of having her Jewishness questioned because of her blackness, Nadine Batchelor-Hunt travelled to Israel to meet the Ethiopian Jewish minority, for whom being both […]
A region in flux
Dina Ezzat , Doaa El-Bey , Ahmed Amal , Wednesday 1 Dec 2021 Cairo is increasingly worried by the proliferation of conflicts across East Africa WHAT started out as a conflict between the Ethiopian government […]
How tragedy of Ethiopia comes down to leaders over institutions
DR. JOHN C. November 26, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/8kght In terms of political risk, the specific character of the American president matters far less than the elemental fact that the […]
A Brutal War Waged By a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Ethiopia’s Chosen One A Brutal War Waged By a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate In 2019, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Now, he is waging […]
Malik Ambar – The African King who ruled in India
Malik Ambar was a prime minister and general of African descent who served the Ahmadnagar Sultanate. He is regarded as a pioneer in guerilla warfare in the region along with […]
Saudi Arabia calls for clear mechanism to start negotiations on Ethiopian dam
King Salman chaired the weekly session on Tuesday. (SPA) Short Url https://arab.news/5bdqj ARAB NEWSJuly 14, 2021 RIYADH: The Saudi government on Tuesday reiterated its support for Egypt and Sudan to […]
Egypt will defend its citizens with ‘all means available’ if their livelihoods are threatened by GERD: Sameh Shoukry
Shoukry called on council members to adopt a Tunisian draft resolution that calls for resumption of talks geared toward a legally binding agreement on the dam. (File/AFP)Short Url https://arab.news/m8jq2 Egypt […]
War of words heats up in battle over Nile water
Men fish from boats on the River Nile, Cairo, Egypt, July 6, 2021. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/ppmff Egypt, Sudan condemn Ethiopia over second filling of GERD reservoir Downstream countries urge […]
Renaissance Dam crisis in danger of exploding
DR. ABDELLATIF EL-MENAWYJune 21, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/gsh52 The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis has escalated significantly recently. During a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Doha last […]
Battle for the Nile: How Egypt will be impacted by Ethiopia’s filling of GERD reservoir
Above, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project on July 11, 2020. (Maxar Technologies/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/rnh5e For 10 years Ethiopia has failed to reach an agreement with Egypt and Sudan […]
Three reasons to not expect a full-blown war in Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan standoff over Nile
NII NTREH Apr 23, 2021 NII NTREH | Associate Editor FULL BIOCLOSE April 23, 2021 at 09:31 am | OPINIONS & FEATURES Nii Ntreh is interested in academic philosophy with specific attention to […]
Amid Nile dam tensions, Egypt recalls Aswan 50 years on
By AFP – Jan 13,2021 – JORDAN TIMES A photo taken on January 3, 2021 shows a general view of Egypt’s High Dam in Aswan, some 920km south of the […]
Alarm as Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict spreads to Eritrea
Rocket attack by Tigray forces on Eritrea marks major escalation as analysts warn protracted fighting will destabilise wider region and draw in more outside actors. 15 Nov 2020 Thousands of […]
Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan agree to continue talks on Renaissance dam
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHANNESBURG AFRICA JUL 21, 2020 9:33 PM GMT+3 A general view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, Dec. 26, 2019. (AFP) Ethiopia’s prime minister […]