AU chair Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/au-chair/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 27 Jan 2020 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 AU chair Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/au-chair/ 32 32 Ramaphosa to look at interference in Libya https://jjcornish.com/2020/01/ramaphosa-to-look-at-interference-in-libya/ Mon, 27 Jan 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/01/ramaphosa-to-look-at-interference-in-libya/ South Africa’s diplomats from the length and breadth of Africa are gathered in Pretoria to strategise on how best the country can use the chair of the African Union about to be assumed by President Cyril Ramaphosa. He tells them it’s happening at a challenging time for the country, the continent and world. President Cyril […]

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]]> South Africa’s diplomats from the length and breadth of Africa are gathered in Pretoria to strategise on how best the country can use the chair of the African Union about to be assumed by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

He tells them it’s happening at a challenging time for the country, the continent and world.

President Cyril Ramaphosa takes a swipe at Russia and Turkey, without naming them, for having ulterior motives in getting involved in Libya.

South Africa will look carefully at this as chair of the African Union and a revolving member of the UN Security Council.

Ramaphosa says advancing peace and security is priority for the South African chairmanship of the AU as the continental body seeks to silence the guns in 2020.

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]]> Abiy Ahmed to brief Cyril Ramaphosa on Nile Dam talks https://jjcornish.com/2020/01/abiy-ahmed-to-brief-cyril-ramaphosa-on-nile-dam-talks/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/01/abiy-ahmed-to-brief-cyril-ramaphosa-on-nile-dam-talks/ Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will be able to brief President Cyril Ramaphosa on the failure of talks about the dam his country is building across the Blue Nile. On his official visit to South Africa Nobel-Peace-Prize-laureate Ahmed will attend the ANC’s birthday celebration in Kimberley tomorrow and have substantial talks with Ramaphosa in Pretoria […]

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]]> Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will be able to brief President Cyril Ramaphosa on the failure of talks about the dam his country is building across the Blue Nile.

On his official visit to South Africa Nobel-Peace-Prize-laureate Ahmed will attend the ANC’s birthday celebration in Kimberley tomorrow and have substantial talks with Ramaphosa in Pretoria on Sunday.

Assuming the African Union  chair next month, President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to be up to speed on the continent’s largest hydro project.

Talks in Addis Ababa broke up this week without agreement between Ethiopia, building the Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile, and the countries downstream Sudan and Egypt.

Dependent on the Nile for 90% of its water needs, Egypt wants Ethiopia to take 12 to 21 years to fill the dam.

Ethiopia maintains this should take four to seven years. 

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