By Horn Africa News
MOGADISHU – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi on Thursday welcomed Sudan’s newly appointed Prime Minister Kamil al-Taib Idris to Cairo, where the two leaders held in-depth discussions on the Nile River dispute and bilateral cooperation.
The meeting, attended by Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly, concluded with a joint press conference in which Madbouly strongly condemned Ethiopia’s “unilateral actions” over the Nile.
“Egypt has always rejected any unilateral measures to resolve an issue that is vital to the lives of both our nations,” Madbouly said.
Last month, Egypt accused Ethiopia of lacking genuine political will to reach a binding agreement over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a massive hydropower project that Egypt and Sudan fear will reduce their share of Nile waters — essential for agriculture and the livelihoods of nearly 100 million Egyptians.
Prime Minister Idris, on his first foreign visit since taking office, said the talks had achieved “mutual understanding” and “shared perspectives” on key issues. He stressed that regional cooperation was critical to Sudan’s recovery from its current crisis.
Sudan remains gripped by a devastating power struggle between the national army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has killed more than 40,000 people and triggered one of the world’s largest displacement crises. Over seven million people have been internally displaced, with fighting spreading to most regions of the country.
The capital, Khartoum, has suffered massive destruction, including the presidential palace and the main airport. Although some markets have reopened and residents are slowly returning, basic services such as electricity and water remain largely unavailable.
Egypt currently hosts the largest number of Sudanese refugees displaced by the war, with more than 1.5 million crossing the northern border since the conflict began.
