May 25 - 2021 KHARTOUM
Sudan s Minister of Foreign Affairs met with the Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs in Khartoum yesterday (SUNA)
Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok met with the visiting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign affairs of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdel Rahman Al Thani, in the presence of Sudan’s Minister of Cabinet Affairs Khaled Omar and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Mariam El Sadig El Mahdi.
The Qatari Minister is in Sudan for a two-day visit to review “review the bilateral relations and the spheres of joint cooperation”, according to a press statement published in the Sudan News Agency (SUNA).
May 21 - 2021 KHARTOUM
Global view of the Nile Basin (NASA)
The long-running dispute between the governments of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over the building, filling, and operating of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is raising serious concerns about the impact of the Africa’s largest hydroelectric power plant on Sudan and Egypt. In an urgent statement yesterday, 22 NGOs warned for military confrontations between the three countries.
The Ethiopian mega dam project is currently in the final phase of its construction. In August last year, Addis Ababa unilaterally began filling the dam reservoir. Tripartite talks under auspices of the Africa Union have reached deadlock upon deadlock.
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE –
As the saying goes, problem and shortage are opportunities for business and investment. The fact that Ethiopia has been known for long not been able to feed itself is an opportunity for those who invest in agriculture sector.
Like many African countries, Ethiopia at the moment spends billions of dollars every year to import food items including wheat, rice and processed foods. Changing this using the underutilized and favorable land and water resources of the country is a rewarding business venture for investors.
With the new home-grown economic reform that give emphasis to improve the country’s agriculture performance, the Government of Ethiopia has vowed to make food imports history in a few years period. Indeed, its abundance arable land, water resources, and good weather, makes the east African country the most favorable place in the world for agricultural production.