Ethiopia

The ministerial meeting on the Renaissance dam officially opened on Sunday, April 4, in Kinshasa. The Ethiopian, Sudanese and Egyptian foreign ministers made the trip to the Congolese capital. They hope to move forward towards resolving the conflict as a result of the Ethiopians' construction of this dam on the Nile. On the Congolese side, we hope that this meeting will be the starting point for the…

On Saturday (April 3), the Ethiopian Foreign Minister announced the start of the withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Tigray. But the region is in a close camera and no one has confirmed it yet. Just a few days ago, the Ethiopian government acknowledged the presence of Eritrean troops on its territory. He now claims that they…

Eritrean forces have begun withdrawing from Ethiopia's Tigray region in the north after its leader Abiy Ahmed acknowledged the presence of troops in the conflict-ridden region and announced that Eritrea would withdraw its forces under international pressure. On Friday, the United States, Germany, France and other G7 countries called for a rapid, unconditional and verifiable withdrawal of Eritrean soldiers, followed by a political process acceptable to all Ethiopians. In a duplicate issued late Saturday…

NAIROBI - Eritrean forces have begun withdrawing from Ethiopia's Tigray region in the north, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said. The United States, Germany, France and other G7 countries on Friday called for a swift, unconditional and controllable withdrawal of Eritrean soldiers, followed by a political process acceptable to all Ethiopians. In a rejoinder posted late Saturday through the Foreign Ministry, Ethiopia said the G7 foreign minister's statement had not recognized important steps taken to meet the region's…

Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on Saturday launched a new round of talks mediated by the African Union (AU) on the disputed Blue Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project on the Blue Nile, which nations in subsequent countries fear could lead to further water shortages. The three-day talks held by President Felix Tshisekedi take place in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the current chairman of the AU. Egypt's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Cairo wants the negotiations to…

Kinshasa welcomes, from this Saturday, April 3 through Monday, a new round of negotiations around the construction site for the Renaissance dam. The Egyptian, Ethiopian and Sudanese foreign ministers will be present. Ethiopia has been building Africa's largest dam since 2011 on the Nile. Sudan and Egypt in particular fear an impact on their vital water reserves. Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi…

The G-7 group of leading economic powers on Friday called for a "rapid, unconditional and verifiable" withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia's conflict-torn northern Tigray region. "We welcome the announcement by Prime Minister Abiy that Eritrean forces will withdraw from Tigray," the G-7 foreign ministers said in a statement released in Berlin, referring to Ethiopian leader Abiy Ahmed. "This process must be fast, unconditional and verifiable." Ministers called for "an end to the violence and the…

In Ethiopia, after months of denials, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed acknowledged that the Eritrean army was participating in the fighting in Tigray against the TPLF. Today, the veil is beginning to lift over the reality of Asmara's soldiers, including minors, being sent to fight in Ethiopia. Like the story of Rodanim, a high school student forcibly recruited and now a prisoner of the Tigrayan uprising.…

ASMARA - Eritrean Defense Forces will leave the conflict-ridden Tigray region in recent months following an operation by Ethiopian National Defense Forces. leading to a massive humanitarian crisis. Eritrean forces joined the conflict after the Tigray People's Liberation Front launched missiles targeting Asmara to the capital of the Red Sea country. It is not clear why the TPLF attacked Eritrea at the time. But on Thursday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki agreed to withdraw…

For the first time since the conflict began in Tigrayan last November, a team from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees was able to visit the Eritrean refugee camps in the northern Ethiopian region. The UN agency confirms that two of these camps, Shimelba and Hitsats, have been completely destroyed. The 20,000 passengers in the two camps were scattered throughout Ethiopia. The UNHCR must therefore find an urgent solution for thousands of refugees, as Boris Cheshirkov, its spokesman for East Africa, explains. What…