My Personal Response to President Sisi’s Ninth Cairo Water Week Speech. Full official English translation of President Sisi’s speech available here: https://shorturl.at/AbIVr What Is Good for the Nile Is Good for the Red Sea: A Call from Cairo, my Answer from Addis Ababa On October 25, 2026, at the opening of the Ninth Cairo Water Week,…
“… There are many historical reasons why Egypt has supported Eritrea. The reason why Eritrea supported Egypt and Egypt supported Eritrea is to deprive Ethiopia of peace or to give it work [create hardship]. It is not because they [Egypt] think Eritrea will be a peaceful, sovereign or independent country. The main agenda and strategic…
“… ተገንጣዮቹ አሉ። በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ጥቃት ሲፈጽሙ ነበር… ከዚያም የኢትዮጵያ ምላሽ አለ… ኢትዮጵያውያን ከተገንጣዮቹ ጋር በተያያዘ እየተጋፈጡት ያለውን ፈተና እንረዳለን… በእነርሱ [በኢትዮጵያውያን] ላይ የተፈጸሙትን የሽብርተኝነት ድርጊቶችና ጥቃቶች፣ በዋና ከተማቸው ላይ የተፈጸሙትን የድሮን ጥቃቶች ማንም እንደማይደግፍ ግልጽ ነው…” እ.ኤ.አ. ጥቅምት 17 ቀን 2026 የአሜሪካ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ማርኮ ሩቢዮ፣ በኢትዮጵያና በኤርትራ መካከል እየጨመረ በመጣውና ወደ ክልላዊ…
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫. On October 14, 2026, President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi responded to warnings made by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that Egypt would lose its Sinai Peninsula should it attack Israel. El-Sisi asserted that his country had struggled for its land, that it had no plans to…
Ethiopia’s Lack of Sea Access Is an Existential Threat Ethiopia’s need to access the Red Sea has never been a mere question of economics or logistics. It is intimately and inseverably connected with the common historical, geographical, security, and economic interests of Ethiopia and Eritrea. In the aftermath of the tragic war that ended in 1991,…
Author’s Note: In this commentary, I argue that Ethiopia did not enter BRICS merely to ask what BRICS could do for Ethiopia. Ethiopia entered BRICS to show the world what Ethiopia can do for BRICS—and what BRICS and Ethiopia can do together for Africa and the Global South. PM Abiy Ahmed’s message at the 2026…
MEMORANDUM TO HISTORY AND POSTERITY: Why I Am Setting the Record Straight I have written this rather lengthy commentary because I believe I have a moral obligation to stand up and speak out against the lies, distortions and disinformation that have been circulating on social media and elsewhere about the work of the Federal Cities…
The fact that 4 thousand Ethiopians shall sit together for over four weeks beginning on July 15, 2026, and dialogue over the fate and destiny of their country is a powerful testament to our shared commitment to peace, progress and prosperity — a hopeful and historic chance to listen, reconcile, and shape a future that…
By Professor Al Mariam (Emeritus & Attorney at Law) July 14, 2026 (ENA) Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty for the umpteenth time declared Egypt reserves its full right to defend its Nile water security should it be harmed by Ethiopia and that the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is an illegal unilateral…
𝐌𝐮𝐝𝐨 𝐀𝐤𝐨, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚, 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞…
