Ethiopia and Egypt’s leaders met on the sidelines of Russia’s Africa summit on Thursday to discuss a contentious dam project on the River Nile, a diplomat said. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi “delivered a message” to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Addis Ababa’s soon-to-be-finished mega-project on the Blue Nile, ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow will take NATO’s increased presence in Norway into account in its military planning. In a meeting with his Norwegian counterpart Ine Eriksen Soereide, the top Russian diplomat said Russia is “witnessing with concern NATO’s increasing presence on Norwegian territory.” “This refers to the ...