Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok issued a decision April 22 to cancel the construction of two dam projects along the Nile River near the border with Egypt after years of protests from local communities.
In a statement issued by his office, Hamdok said plans for building the Dal and Kajbar dams in the Northern State will be abolished. The two dams were proposed by the former regime of Omar al-Bashir, who argued that the projects would bring economic development to the area.
