Talks resume on Ethiopia's Nile River dam
Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt will continue their negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam throughout the week after not talking for months over a filling disagreement.
Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan resumed talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Sunday following a monthslong pause. There are still unresolved issues between the three countries on the massive Nile River dam.
This round of tripartite negotiations will go until Nov. 7, Ethiopia’s Minister of Water Seleshi Bekele said in a tweet.
Ethiopia built the GERD along the Blue Nile River — a tributary of the Nile — to provide electricity to its population of more than 100 million. Downstream nations Sudan and Egypt believe that filling the dam sans an agreement will dangerously lower the river’s water levels in their countries.
Sudan is chairing the current talks. African Union observers are also present, the state-run Sudan News Agency reported. Other details on what exactly is being discussed are unclear.
