Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, met yesterday with Bahraini King, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, where they discussed the latest developments of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), built on the Nile River, said the Egyptian presidency. During the talks, the Bahraini king renewed his country’s solidarity […]
Month: September 2021
WASHINGTON THREATENS NEW SANCTIONS OVER FIGHTING IN ETHIOPIA’S TIGRAY REGION
US President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday allowing for sanctions against the warring parties in Ethiopia’s Tigray region if they fail to commit to a negotiated settlement. In a statement, Biden called the situation a tragedy and said: “I am appalled by the reports of mass murder, rape, and other sexual violence to terrorize […]
China as a cultural threat in Ethiopia: From food to cultural appropriaton
Officially, China and Ethiopia boast a strong partnership. Ethiopia has attracted nearly seven hundred Chinese enterprises and is China’s second-largest loan recipient in Africa. Ethiopia’s fast economic growth combined with the embrace of manufacturing and industrial parks, built by and modeled after China, have even led some news outlets to describe Ethiopia as “the China of Africa.” Ethiopia’s main political parties, […]
Biden Opens Door to Sanctions Over Tigray Conflict
WHITE HOUSE — An executive order signed Friday by U.S. President Joe Biden seeks to slap harsh sanctions on all sides involved in the war in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region — including the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea. In the order, Biden said the region had seen “widespread violence, atrocities, and serious human rights abuse, […]
Leaders to Gather at UN Against COVID-19 Backdrop
UNITED NATIONS — Afghanistan, climate action and the COVID-19 pandemic will be front and center next week when large numbers of world leaders return to New York for their first in-person meetings at the United Nations in more than a year. The coronavirus pandemic has slowed in-person diplomacy at the United Nations, and last September […]
Why the push led by South Africa to revoke Israel’s AU observer status is misguided
The announcement in July that Israel had been formally granted observer status at the African Union drew a sharp reaction from some countries on the continent. These included Algeria and Djibouti as well as South Africa, which said it was “appalled”. Pretoria moved quickly to lobby other Southern African Development Community states against the decision. At a […]