Kaan Devecioglu is a North African Studies Researcher at ORSAM. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the Department of International Relations at Istanbul Medeniyet University. His articles and book chapters have been published in international peer-reviewed journals, and his analyses and opinions have been published in many international publications. Kaan Devecioğlu’s work focuses on Red Sea geopolitics, East Africa, and Nile River diplomacy.
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile is reported to have become operational after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed inaugurated it on Sunday. At a ceremony attended by senior military and civilian officials and intellectuals, the inaugural ribbon of the $5 billion project was cut at a ceremony broadcast live on local TV channels. GERD is a 1.8 kilometer wide and 147-meters (482 feet) high dam and is
Sudan was shaken by deepening economic and political crises in 2021. There was an unsuccessful coup attempt in the country in September. On October 25, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Commander of the Sudanese Army and Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, drew attention to the growing divisions between political groups, stating that “taking over” was necessary to prevent a civil war, and the military seized power. In the following process, al-Burhan announced
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On August 29, 2020, it was announced that the general elections in Ethiopia would be postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 epidemic. After the Federal Ministry of Health advised the government that
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The GERD project, which was built on the Blue Nile in a region close to the Sudan-Ethiopia border, could not produce a positive result due to the mutual accusations of the parties,
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Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman, the US Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, visited Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Sudan between 3 and 13 May to find a resolution to the recently escalating crises
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Russia signed a military base agreement in the Red Sea during the administration of Omar al-Bashir, who was removed from power by the army in April 2019. However, this agreement has still
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In the session of approving international agreements that took place in the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly last week, six bills were discussed. The “Cooperation Agreement in the Mining
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The official visit of the Vice Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, nicknamed “Hemedti”, ended with the ministers and senior officials to Turkey on May 27-28, 2021. Dagalo and
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The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry has released a statement on Wednesday indicating that the developments in Sudan are followed, as the arrival of the Egyptian army’s air and land troops to Khartoum within
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Ethiopia announced that the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project will begin its first electricity generation trial during the second filling process. In a report published by the Ethiopian-based FANA media company,
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the regional special envoy, Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman, visited Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Sudan between 3 and 13 May in order to find solutions to
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