Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

and South Sudan. Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan have been locked in a political dispute since 2011 over Ethiopia’s construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a massive hydroelectric ...

As tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea escalate, the region of Tigray stands at the heart of a looming conflict, writes one ...

Breaking Ground digs into megaprojects around the world, uncovering what these developments might mean for the surrounding region and the ultimate costs.

Longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed towards war, officials in a restive Ethiopian region at the centre of the ...

Authorities were informed of "the arrival of a weapons shipment from Addis Ababa on an Ethiopian Airlines flight" into Sudan, SUNA said. "It was immediately confiscated by customs authorities." ...

Ethiopia and South Sudan committed to strengthening bilateral ties through education, with Ethiopia providing free education to 644 South Sudanese students this school year, Ethiopian Embassy in ...

However, they stressed that the GERD dispute must remain among Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia without dragging other Nile Basin countries to the matter. They similarly asserted eagerness for "peaceful and ...