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Brazilian Bank May Provide $1 Billion to Ethiopian Rail
May 27, 2013 · by Meles · in Meles Zenawi
By William Davison May 27, 2013 Ethiopia is in talks to receive $1 billion in funding from the Brazilian Development Bank to build a section of a railway that will be extended to connect to neighboring South Sudan, a Foreign…
The Nile Basin States: The Need for Genuine Cooperation
Image: Nile Riparian States By Selamu Misgan Around the world there are over 260 trans boundary rivers that flow through two or more countries. To resolve the difficulties and disputes that inevitably arise, states have set up different forms of…
South Sudan Rejects the Colonial Nile Waters Agreement
March 20, 2013 · by Meles · in Meles Zenawi
By MACHEL AMOS in Juba, South Sudan March 20, 2013 Juba Rebuffs Cairo on Nile Waters Agreements South Sudan has expressed its opposition to a 1959 Nile Water agreements between Sudan and Egypt. The country said it was already on…
South Sudan: A Politics of Demise or a Vision for Progress?
Jok Madut Jok, executive director of South Sudan's The Sudd Institute, published an analysis on 9 March 2013 titled "South Sudan: A Politics of Demise or a Vision for Progress?" He noted that South Sudan has made significant progress on…
South Sudan to Truck Oil Through Ethiopia, Djibouti for Export
Photo: South Sudan Deputy Petroleum Minister Elizabeth James Bol An accord signed on March 12 in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, envisages crude being exported via Djibouti's Red Sea port of Douraleh, South Sudan Deputy Petroleum Minister Elizabeth James Bol…
Saudi Arabia Keen to Strengthen its Relations with Ethiopia
March 5, 2013 · by Meles · in Meles Zenawi
Photo: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal Addis Ababa, March 6, 2013 (WIC) – Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs said Saudi Arabia is keen to strengthen its bilateral relations with Ethiopia. According to the Minister, the two countries have…
South Sudan to Export Crude Oil by Road through Ethiopia
By MACHEL AMOS in Juba March 2, 2013 South Sudan will commence constructing a road to Ethiopia that would transport the new nation's crude oil to the international market through Djibouti port. South Sudan has approved a plan to urgently…
Open Letter to Prince Kahlid Bin Sultan Al-Riyadh, Deputy Defense Minister of Saudi Arabia
By G. E. Gorfu Sir, I read your comments as reported in the Sudan Tribune of Feb. 27, 2013 where you accused Ethiopia of posing a threat to the Nile water rights of Egypt and Sudan. Where did these Nile…
In Response to Comments by Saudi Deputy Defense Minister, Prince Kahlid Bin Sultan Al-Riyadh
By Adal Isaw, adalisaw@yahoo.com March 1, 2013 This letter is in response to the comments made by the Saudi Arabia's deputy defense minister What Else Can I say? "There are fingers messing with water resources of Sudan and Egypt which are…
Ethiopia Outraged Over Saudi Official's "Hostile" Remarks on Nile Dam Project
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle March 1, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Ethiopian government expressed outrage over remarks made by Saudi Arabia's deputy defense minister, who accused the Horn of Africa nation of posing a national security threat to Sudan and Egypt….
Sudan, South Sudan Agree to Set Up Demilitarized Border Zone
Photo: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and South Sudan's Salva Kiir Jan. 06, 2013 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and South Sudan's Salva Kiir agreed to set up a demilitarized zone along their border "without further delay" as the African states seek…
LA Times Article Over Nile Water Sparks Anger in Ethiopia
November 15, 2012 · by Meles · in Meles Zenawi
By Mohammad Awad | 14 November 2012 ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia is a proud country. A country that doesn't like foreign, especially, colonial interference in its local affairs. The Nile River is one of those areas that across the board late Prime Minister…
Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt Reach to an Agreement on Eastern Nile Basin Cooperation
November 12, 2012 · by Meles · in Articles, Meles Zenawi
Addis Ababa, Nov. 09, 2012 — Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have agreed to resume jointly working on organizing sustainable management, utilization and development of the Nile waters under the Eastern Nile Basin. The agreement was reached after water Ministers and…
Is Egypt about to Bomb Ethiopian Dams?
November 8, 2012 · by Meles · in Articles, Meles Zenawi
By Abel Abate October 31, 2012 As experts from Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt met to discuss an under-construction Ethiopian hydropower project, a Wikileaks report stated that Cairo authorities reached an agreement with Khartoum to build an airbase in Sudan, to…
African Heads of States Pay Tribute to Meles Zenawi, the Late Prime Minister of Ethiopia (Video)
September 6, 2012 · by Meles · in Meles Zenawi, Videos
The presidents of South Sudan, South Africa, Rwanda; chairman of African Union, and former president of South Africa, president of Uganda, and president of Nigeria pay tribute to Meles Zenawi, the late Prime Minister of Ethiopia.