𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, Day 1

By Professor Al Mariam (Emeritus & Attorney at Law) July 14, 2026 (ENA) Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty for the umpteenth time declared Egypt reserves its full right to defend its Nile water security should it be harmed by Ethiopia and that the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is an illegal unilateral…

𝐌𝐮𝐝𝐨 𝐀𝐤𝐨, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚, 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞…

“Oh, when the saints go marching in,” is a world famous traditional African American spiritual and gospel song that expresses communal joy, hope and eternal anticipation. “Oh, when the saints go marching in… Oh, Lord I want to be in that number… Oh, when the drums begin to bang Oh, I want to be in…

The fact that 4 thousand Ethiopians shall sit together for over four weeks beginning on July 15, 2026, and dialogue over the fate and destiny of their country is a powerful testament to our shared commitment to peace, progress and prosperity — a hopeful and historic chance to listen, reconcile, and shape a future that…