Category Archives: Cooperação

Ethiopia hails progress in ties with China

África, China, Cooperação, Desenvolvimento, Diplomacia

Via: CGTN Africa

The Ethiopian government has hailed the Ethiopia-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership as the two countries embark on a series of activities to mark the 50th anniversary since the establishment of diplomatic relations. “The diplomatic relations between Ethiopia and China have been growing ever since the two countries established official diplomatic ties back in the 1970s,” the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement issued over the weekend. It added that the Ethiopia-China ties have over the years strengthened across various sectors, mainly following the decision among the two countries’ governments to elevate bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership back in 2017.

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Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume talks over disputed Nile dam

África, Cooperação, Desenvolvimento, Economia, Egito, Etiópia, Sudão

Via: Aljazeera

The irrigation ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have met in Cairo for a new round of talks aimed at resolving a dispute over a multibillion-dollar dam being built by the Ethiopian government. The two-day meeting, which got under way on Monday in the Egyptian capital, comes almost a month after the three sides agreed to work towards resolving the issue at a US-brokered meeting in Washington, DC. Addis Ababa contends the project, dubbed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), is crucial to its economic development and, at its peak, will generate more than 6,000 megawatts of electricity.

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President Kenyatta, Farmaajo Meet to Normalize Kenya-Somali Relations

Acordo de Paz, África, Cooperação, Kenya, Somália

Via: The African Exponent

After their last peace agreement meeting credited to Egypt’s President Abdelfattah al-Sis in New York after the last UN General Assembly, President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo said he was still bent on allowing the International Court of Justice intervenes in the maritime row between both countries. This came after Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had organized a similar meeting a few months prior. However, it appears both leaders are ready to consider an agreement on the matter after both President Kenyatta and President Farmaajo met yesterday in Nairobi.

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