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Egypt, Horn of Africa
Abdelfattah al-Sisi's very personal diplomacy in the Horn

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“The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary”

Ethiopia

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

Although the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is due to come into service in 2021, no agreement has yet been found by Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan regarding their respective rights to the waters of the River Nile. For nearly a decade, the great Ethiopian dam has been a source of tension between the three countries. Ethiopia sees the €4bn project, which has been entirely financed by Ethiopian taxpayers but has not yet been completed, as a means of making itself self-sufficient in energy and affirming its power in the region. [...]

Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi (right) welcomed his Djiboutian counterpart Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) in Cairo, 7 February 2022. © Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt

The Egyptian president snubbed an African Union summit and instead attended the Beijing Olympics in the company of his financial sponsor, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan. Sisi is continuing his strategy of encircling his Ethiopian rival and consolidating his position in Sudan and Djibouti. [...]

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“The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary”

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The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

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Egypt
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Abdelfattah Al-Sisi
Abiy Ahmed Ali
African Union
Ahmed Ali Barreh
IOG
Ismaîl Omar Guelleh
Mahmoud Ali Youssou
MBZ
Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan

Eritrea, Sudan
Red Sea ambitions of Isaias Afwerki thwarted

The Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki has been snubbed by the authorities in Khartoum after trying to increase his influence in eastern Sudan by playing on local community tensions.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 18.08.2022

Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki in Khartoum in 2019.

Africa, Turkey
Scores of African ministers set to join Erdogan in Antalya

No less than a dozen African foreign affairs ministers will travel to Turkey's Antalya Diplomatic Forum, from 11 to 13 March, invited by Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.02.2022

Horn of Africa, Turkey
Covid-19 stalls Erdogan and MbZ's grand diplomatic designs

After catching Covid-19, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan was forced to cancel his trip planned on 14 February to Abu Dhabi, where he was hoping to discuss the conflicts in the Horn of Africa with Crown Prince MbZ

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.02.2022

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
MbZ proposes diplomatic package to Sisi and Abiy ahead of AU summit

Ahead of the African Union summit to be held in Addis Ababa on 5-6 February, the UAE's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan has been busy trying to shape a role for the UAE as a mediator in the region.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.02.2022

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
Afwerki's diplomatic blitz to mediate between Khartoum and Addis

With implicit support from the Emirates and with less than two weeks to prepare, the Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki took on the role of mediator between his neighbours. An initiative which could be seen as an act of defiance directed towards international institutions, and not least the UN, which has placed sanctions on Eritrea.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.01.2022

Inner circles | Djibouti
IOG makes key changes to top diplomatic posts in Africa, Asia and Gulf

Re-elected in April for a fifth five-year term, Djibouti's president has reshuffled a third of his ambassadors. In so doing, he has been careful not to upset the delicate balances he's cultivated to ensure his tiny country punches above its weight.

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Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh.

Djibouti
IOG continues to ring the changes in ambassadorial corps

Having recalled seven ambassadors in early June and appointed nine others, the foreign ministry has begun sending new diplomats to foreign capitals. Several Arab countries are to get new Djiboutian ambassadors.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.06.2021

Spotlight | Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia
Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

In his race to stop Ethiopia from filling its huge Renaissance dam, the Egyptian president is rallying the Nile Basin countries to his cause one by one.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.06.2021

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was received on 27 May 2021 in Djibouti by his counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh.

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
Sisi tries two-pronged attack on Abiy via Khartoum and Djibouti

The Egyptian army wants to capitalise on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's visit to Djibouti last week to strengthen cooperation with the country in hope of securing a permanent presence there. Cairo generals, which have already firmed up ties with their counterparts in Sudan, are fighting Ethiopia's plans to continue filling the Renaissance dam this summer.

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh in Djibouti.

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Eritrea, Sudan Red Sea ambitions of Isaias Afwerki thwarted

Africa, Turkey Scores of African ministers set to join Erdogan in Antalya

Horn of Africa, Turkey Covid-19 stalls Erdogan and MbZ's grand diplomatic designs

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Djibouti IOG continues to ring the changes in ambassadorial corps

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Senegal
Guns, gold and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Egypt, Horn of Africa
Abdelfattah al-Sisi's very personal diplomacy in the Horn

Eritrea, Sudan
Red Sea ambitions of Isaias Afwerki thwarted

Africa, Turkey
Scores of African ministers set to join Erdogan in Antalya

Horn of Africa, Turkey
Covid-19 stalls Erdogan and MbZ's grand diplomatic designs

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
MbZ proposes diplomatic package to Sisi and Abiy ahead of AU summit

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
Afwerki's diplomatic blitz to mediate between Khartoum and Addis

Inner circles | Djibouti
IOG makes key changes to top diplomatic posts in Africa, Asia and Gulf

Djibouti
IOG continues to ring the changes in ambassadorial corps

Spotlight | Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia
Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
Sisi tries two-pronged attack on Abiy via Khartoum and Djibouti