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African Union backs call to waive IP rights on COVID-19 drugs
World
February 25, 2021
African Union backs call to waive IP rights on COVID-19 drugs
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The African Union is backing calls for drugmakers to waive some intellectual property rights on COVID-19 medicines…
Egypt backs Sudanese proposal on GERD negotiations
Egypt
February 25, 2021
Egypt backs Sudanese proposal on GERD negotiations
Egypt has expressed its support for a Sudanese proposal to form an international quartet to oversee negotiations around the Grand…
Uganda accuses US of subversion after envoy tries to visit Wine’s house
World
January 19, 2021
Uganda accuses US of subversion after envoy tries to visit Wine’s house
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s government spokesman accused the United States on Tuesday of trying to subvert last week’s presidential elections…
United Arab Emirates proposes initiative to break deadlock in GERD negotiations
Egypt
January 14, 2021
United Arab Emirates proposes initiative to break deadlock in GERD negotiations
A top-ranking delegation from the Emirati Ministry of Foreign Affairs has finished a one-day-visit to Sudan, aimed at bringing an…
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia resume GERD negotiations on Sunday
Egypt
January 9, 2021
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia resume GERD negotiations on Sunday
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia are set to resume contentious tripartite negotiations regarding the filling and operating of the Grand Ethiopian…
Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia resume GERD negotiations
Egypt
January 3, 2021
Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia resume GERD negotiations
Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia are set to resume on Sunday African Union-led negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD),…
Ethiopia denies talks on conflict after African Union names envoys
World
November 21, 2020
Ethiopia denies talks on conflict after African Union names envoys
NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia denied on Saturday that talks on the growing conflict in its northern Tigray region were…
Sudan announces failure of GERD negotiations, returns file to African Union
Egypt
November 5, 2020
Sudan announces failure of GERD negotiations, returns file to African Union
Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia’s water resource ministers agreed to end the current round of negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance…
GERD tripartite negotiations to resume Tuesday, says AU president
Egypt
October 26, 2020
GERD tripartite negotiations to resume Tuesday, says AU president
Negotiations between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will resume on Tuesday, two months after Egypt’s…
Ethiopia says 75% of GERD construction completed, second filling in 2021
Egypt
August 21, 2020
Ethiopia says 75% of GERD construction completed, second filling in 2021
Ethiopia announced that 75 percent of the Renaissance Dam’s construction on the Blue Nile has been completed, while Prime Minister…