Strategic Thinking on East Africa

Addis Ababa, 3 July 2015 (WIC) – The meetings of a tripartite national committee kicked off in Cairo Wednesday 1/7/2015 with all its 12 experts from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia present to probe technical offers made by two international consultancy offices regarding the impact of the Renaissance Dam on the downstream countries. Meetings over three days […]

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Addis Ababa, 27 June 2015 (WIC) – Ethiopia is considered as one of the fastest growing economies in the world today, a far cry from 30 years ago when the East African country was hit by a severe famine. But how much has changed since the famine. Every so often, a speaker at a conference says […]

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Addis Ababa, June 15, 2015 (WIC) - Egyptian irrigation minister Hossam Moghazi said the next tripartite meeting will take place in Cairo on the first of July to discuss the findings of the two European consultancy firms that conducted studies on the impact of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, MENA reported Sunday. Moghazi said that Egypt, Ethiopia […]

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Addis Ababa, 19 June 2015 (WIC) - Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn agreed on 10th of June 2015 to form a supreme council for mutual economic and political issues. The meeting was on the margins of the African economic summit in Sharm El-Sheikh. The council is another […]

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Addis Ababa, 15 May 2015 (WIC) - The Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) said that electric power coverage in Ethiopia has now reached 55 per cent from only 17 per cent 24 years back. EEP External Public Relations Director, Miskir Negash, told WIC today that the coverage rose significantly during the past years owing to the due […]

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From Reuters BY E.G. WOLDEGEBRIEL ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ethiopia plans to begin exporting renewable energy to a broader range of neighboring nations by 2018 as part of a cross-border effort to meet regional energy demand and limit increases in climate-changing emissions. The Eastern African Power Pool (EAPP) initiative aims to create or […]

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Addis Ababa, 11 May 2015 (WIC) - Sudan on Saturday reiterated Ethiopia’s absolute right in using its water resources in reference to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). “The Ethiopian government has the absolute right to use its water resources, with taking into account that no harm would be caused to the concerned parties,” Mutaz […]

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From GeeskaAfrika.com Djibouti (HAN) May 5,2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News. By:Ludger Schadomsky Who owns the Nile? After years of conflict about control over the Nile, Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have now apparently chosen the path of co-operation over open dispute. Politicians are demonstrating unity, but observers warn that not all differences have been […]

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From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 22 April 2015, by David L. Chandler Map showing the full extent of the Nile with its two main branches, the White Nile, which flows from Lake Victoria, and the larger Blue Nile, which originates in the highlands of Ethiopia. The location of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), […]

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Addis Ababa, April 16, 2015(WIC) - The realization of the construction of the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam will contribute a significant role in socio-economic development of the nation, Unity for Democracy and Justice (Andinet) party commended. In his exclusive interview with WIC, the President of Andenet party, Tigistu Awelu said that the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance […]

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