January 5 – Four migrants die in a boat headed for
Tenerife, Canary Islands. 23,000 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands in 2020, and some 500 died.[15]
January 19 – Eighty-seven migrants scale the
Melilla border fence; nine are taken to hospital.[16]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi says he supports the transitional government of Libya.[18]
February 7 – DR Congo President
Felix Tshisekedi, new chair of the
African Union, says he intends to make settlement of the dispute over Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam a priority.[19]
February 18 – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah meet in
Cairo.[22]
February 24 – Egypt endorses Sudan's proposal to internationalize the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam controversy, calling for the participation of the
African Union, the United Nations, the
European Union, and the United States.[23]
March and April
March 6 – Egyptian president El-Sissi meets with Sudanese general Al-Burhan in
Khartoum.[24]
March 26 – A stranded container vessel in the
Suez Canal is holding up an estimated US$400 million an hour in trade, according to shipping data from Lloyd's List.[25] It may take weeks to dislodge the 224,000-ton Ever Green.[26]
Egyptian Prime Minister Abdel Fatah al-Sissi orders officials of the
Suez Canal Authority (SCA) to begin preparations for the removal of containers. Efforts continue to refloat the ship during
high tide with the aid of
dredgers and an excavator on land.[27]
January 5 – Four migrants die in a boat headed for
Tenerife, Canary Islands. 23,000 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands in 2020, and some 500 died.[15]
January 19 – Eighty-seven migrants scale the
Melilla border fence; nine are taken to hospital.[16]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi says he supports the transitional government of Libya.[18]
February 7 – DR Congo President
Felix Tshisekedi, new chair of the
African Union, says he intends to make settlement of the dispute over Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam a priority.[19]
February 18 – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah meet in
Cairo.[22]
February 24 – Egypt endorses Sudan's proposal to internationalize the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam controversy, calling for the participation of the
African Union, the United Nations, the
European Union, and the United States.[23]
March and April
March 6 – Egyptian president El-Sissi meets with Sudanese general Al-Burhan in
Khartoum.[24]
March 26 – A stranded container vessel in the
Suez Canal is holding up an estimated US$400 million an hour in trade, according to shipping data from Lloyd's List.[25] It may take weeks to dislodge the 224,000-ton Ever Green.[26]
Egyptian Prime Minister Abdel Fatah al-Sissi orders officials of the
Suez Canal Authority (SCA) to begin preparations for the removal of containers. Efforts continue to refloat the ship during
high tide with the aid of
dredgers and an excavator on land.[27]