Egypt backs Sudan’s new proposal on Nile River Dam - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Ahmed Gomaa

Ahmed Gomaa

Feb 26, 2021

Sudan's Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Yasser Abbas (C) participates in a videoconference with his Egyptian and Ethiopian counterparts (unseen), Khartoum, Sudan, Nov. 1, 2020. — Ebrahim Hamid/AFP via Getty Images

Sudan's Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Yasser Abbas (C) participates in a videoconference with his Egyptian and Ethiopian counterparts (unseen) in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on November 1, 2020. - Khartoum said it is to organise a week of negotiations on Ethiopia's controversial dam on the Nile that has riled downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan, following a three-way videoconference. (Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP) (Photo by EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP via Getty Images)

Sudan calls for expansive mediation for Nile dam talks

Ahmed Gomaa

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 21: Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, listens during a UN Security Council meeting concerning nuclear non-proliferation, during the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, September 21, 2017 in New York City. The most pressing issues facing the assembly this year include North KoreaÕs nuclear ambitions, violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, and the debate over climate change. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Egypt, Sudan call for Ethiopia to accept international mediation over Nile Dam

Mohamed Saied

(FILES) This file photo taken on December 26, 2019 shows a general view of the construction works at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia. - The Nile, Egypt's lifeline since Pharaonic days, faces massive strain from pollution, over-use and climate change -- and now the threat of a colossal dam being built far upstream in Ethiopia. When its London-sized reservoir starts to fill this summer, Egypt fears the mega-project will spell an existential threat to its teeming population of

Saudi Arabia wants in on Nile dam dispute

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (L) shakes the hand of Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour (C) in the presence of Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom (R), after signing an agreement following another round of talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project that has strained ties between Cairo and Addis Ababa, Khartoum, Sudan, Dec. 29, 2015.

Egypt, Sudan increase pressure on Ethiopia over Nile dam crisis

Mohamed Saied