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Will the next round of Nile dam negotiations produce results?

Amid talks about reviving the tripartite negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, sponsored by the African Union, many question the possibility of their success given the repeated failures in the past decade.

Upriver Nile
Fishermen are pictured in their boats on Lake Tana, in the city of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, on November 11, 2020. Lake Tana, a UNESCO biosphere reserve, is the origin of the Blue Nile river that feeds the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. — EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images

CAIRO — The UN Security Council's presidential statement on Sept. 15 about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam renewed talk about the resumption of the African Union-sponsored negotiations to resolve the decade-long conflict.

But Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia have repeatedly failed to reach an agreement.

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