WASHINGTON, June 23, 2020 In recent months negotiations have stalled and there has been an escalation of tensions on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that impacts, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan. The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) encourages the continued cooperation and peaceful negotiations of all stakeholders in the construction of the GERD. These negotiations should Read more
Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt have moved closer to formalising a water-sharing deal over the Nile after technical teams meeting in Khartoum drew up a draft agreement. At the end of a consultative meeting on Thursday, the technical teams from the three countries said they had included observations reached when the countries’ ministers met in Washington Read more
On February 7, 2023, 4:42 PM More than 30 followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church have been killed over the last several days by security forces in the Oromia region amidst tension sparked by a breakaway faction, the privately owned Borkena news site reports. The circumstances of the trouble are unclear, but local news site Read more