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Ethiopian mega-dam to be top priority of the African Union's new Egyptian ambassador

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“African Union: the battle of the giants”

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African Union: the battle of the giants

The pan-African intergovernmental organisation headquartered in Addis Ababa has increasingly become a political arena where the continent's heavyweights South Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Nigeria jostle for power. In order to impose their views and place representatives in key positions in the African Union and other international organisations, these nations compete for influence and build coalitions. On the sidelines of these strategic manoeuvres, a few smaller countries such as Rwanda are carving out a niche for themselves. [...]

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia. © Yirga Mengistu/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP

Egypt is one of a number of African countries which is currently in the process of appointing new ambassadors in Addis Ababa, where the pan-African body has its headquarters. [...]

Published on 18/08/2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Flurry of ambassadorial appointments brings in new faces at the African Union

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Abiy sends watchdog to monitor DRC's chairmanship of the African Union

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Egypt, Ethiopia
After failing at the UN, Sisi turns to MBZ for GERD support

The second phase of filling the vast Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam started on 5 July. Egypt, which failed to convince the UN to take up the issue, is doing all it can to get the UAE strongman to block Addis.

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Sissi struggles to rally Kenyatta on GERD

A UN Security Council meeting on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is being held in New York this Thursday, at Tunisia's request. Egypt is pushing hard for the adoption of a resolution on the issue, despite a lack of consensus between the council's African members.

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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.

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

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Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Africa, Egypt
Ethiopian mega-dam to be top priority of the African Union's new Egyptian ambassador

Horn of Africa
Addis and Cairo's communication war heats up

Africa
Flurry of ambassadorial appointments brings in new faces at the African Union

DRC, Ethiopia
Abiy sends watchdog to monitor DRC's chairmanship of the African Union

Egypt, Ethiopia
After failing at the UN, Sisi turns to MBZ for GERD support

Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan
Sissi struggles to rally Kenyatta on GERD

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