Trump says he wants leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia to resolve Nile dam dispute

Jan 21, 2026

FILE PHOTO: An Ethiopian flag flutters in the wind next to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), built along the Blue Nile, during its inauguration, in Guba, Benishangul-Gumuz region, Ethiopia, September 9, 2025. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo — Tiksa Negeri

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would like to bring together the leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia to work out a deal to solve a dispute over Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which both Egypt and Sudan consider a serious threat to vital water supplies.

Trump made the comments while meeting with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

(Reporting by Steve Holland and Ryan Patrick Jones; editing by Costas Pitas)