Posts Tagged ‘sudan’

Ethiopia invites Egypt and Sudan to discuss on Nile dam

November 13 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Egypt, Ethiopia, News, Nile, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

(ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia has officially invited Egypt and Sudan for talks over a controversial dam project, which the horn of Africa country intends to build on the Blue Nile river. The invitation on Tuesday comes few weeks after Sudan has agreed to join Ethiopia and Egypt for the establishment of a tripartite technical... Read more

Sudan agrees to tripartite committee over Ethiopia’s Nile dam

October 26 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, News, Nile, Sudan, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , ,

(KHARTOUM) – Sudan has agreed to set up tripartite technical committee to look into concerns over Ethiopia’s Millennium dam project on the Blue Nile water could negatively affect the water share of downstream countries like itself and Egypt. The committee will consult international and local experts drawn from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. It will... Read more

Ethiopia Rejects Sudan’s Ambassador Nominee – Report

August 12 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , ,

Khartoum — The Ethiopian government has reportedly rejected Sudan’s nominee for ambassador, a newspaper said today. The independent Al-Sahafa daily said that Khartoum’s candidate Abdel-Rahman Sir al-Khitim has yet to receive approval from Addis Ababa since he was nominated three months ago. Al-Khitim has recently held the ambassadorial post in Cairo before it was decided that he would be head Sudan’s mission... Read more

Ethiopian Peacekeepers Died Because Sudan Refused Flight to Hospital

August 4 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopian, Featured, Sudan, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

The United Nations says three Ethiopian peacekeepers died while Sudan refused to allow them to be flown to a hospital. U.N. peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roi told reporters Thursday the peacekeepers were taken to a helicopter after being seriously wounded in a land mine explosion. But he said the helicopter waited for three ... Read more

Ethiopian peacekeepers to arrive in contested Sudan region of Abyei on Friday

July 15 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, News, Sudan, Uncategorized Tags: , , , ,

NAIROBI, Kenya – Ethiopia says it has started deploying peacekeepers to the contested region of Abyei, which lies between Sudan and South Sudan. Dina Mufti, spokesman of Ethiopia’s foreign affairs ministry, said Thursday that the troops began a weeklong overland journey on July 7. Mufti said the battalion will “definitely be operational”... Read more

UN clears Ethiopia for Abyei peacekeeper troops deployment

June 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, News, Sudan, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

It took the United Nations Security Council just five minutes to unanimously agree to send 4,200 Ethiopian troops to the disputed Sudanese region of Abyei as a peacekeeping force. Security Council resolution 1990 gives the Ethiopian soldiers a six month mandate “authorizing the use of force to protect civilians and humanitarian workers in Abyei”. They... Read more

Ethiopia offeres to send peacekeepers to Sudan

June 1 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Sudan, Uncategorized Tags: , , ,

Ethiopia has offered to send peacekeepers to Sudan’s disputed border region of Abyei after its recent seizure by northern troops. Analysts have feared the Abyei dispute could reignite the civil war between the north and South Sudan, which is due to become independent in July. Officials say the south has accepted the offer; the... Read more

Ethiopia braces for oil shortage as Sudan shuts pipes

February 10 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Economy, Ethiopia, News, Sudan, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , ,

Afrik:by Desalegn Sisay, Fuel prices in Ethiopia will be raised in March following an increasing consumption of fuel and its consequent impact on the government’s fuel expenditure. A recent decision by its Sudanese suppliers could also affect fuel availability in Ethiopia. The Horn of Africa country spends an average annual 20 billion... Read more

Sudanese Students Stage Anti-Government Protests, Clash with Police

January 30 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Middle East, News, Sudan, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , ,

Sudanese police clashed with students Sunday as anti-government protests broke out in the capital, Khartoum. Hundreds of students took part in the protests, shouting slogans that criticized high prices, the government, and President Omar al-Bashir. At least three demonstrations took place, one in central Khartoum and two at local universities.  Witnesses say at one of the schools, students... Read more

Results: South Sudan Overwhelmingly Chooses to Secede

January 30 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, News, Sudan, Uncategorized Tags: , , ,

VOA – Southern Sudan referendum officials say preliminary results show almost all voters chose to secede from the north in a referendum earlier this month. Figures published on the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission’s website, accounting for all of the ballots cast in Sudan’s north and the south, gave secession nearly 99 (98.83) percent of the vote. It... Read more

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