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East Africa: Ethiopia Wants to Fill Contested Dam - Deal or No Deal
DW, 22 June 2020
Ethiopia wants to fill Africa's most powerful hydroelectric dam even without a deal with Sudan and Egypt. Talks on how much water will pass through the Nile dam are deadlocked. The… Read more »
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East Africa: Nile Dam Dispute Must Be Solved Soon
ISS, 25 June 2020
The bitter dispute among Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over the giant Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile seems like the classic case of an… Read more »
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East Africa: The Congressional Black Caucus Statement on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
CBC, 23 June 2020
In recent months negotiations have stalled and there has been an escalation of tensions on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that impacts, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan. The… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Foreign Ministry Affirms Sudan Readiness to Bring Closer Views of Ethiopia and Egypt On GERD
SNA, 23 June 2020
The State Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Omer Gamar Eddin Ismail, headed the Sudan's delegation participating in the extraordinary ambassadorial meeting of the… Read more »
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Africa: Ethiopia Rejects UN Security Council Role in Dam Dispute
Ethiopian Herald, 23 June 2020
Ethiopia's Foreign Minister, Gedu Andargachew has rejected Egypt's call to refer the dispute over Addis Ababa's construction of the giant Nile dam to the United Nations Security… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Nile Dam Talks - A Short Window to Embrace Compromise
Crisis Group, 17 June 2020
With rains swelling the Blue Nile, Ethiopia is just weeks away from beginning to fill the massive dam it is building. Egypt and Sudan demand that it not do so without an agreement.… Read more »
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Sudan: GERD National Issue That Does Not Bear Political Disputes - Abbas
SNA, 16 June 2020
The Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Professor Yasser Abbas, that the technical side of the negotiations on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is backed by the executive… Read more »
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Egypt: Govt in Talks but Still Against Dam Project
East African, 15 June 2020
As talks over the Nile waters resumed on June 10, Egypt continued to defend its objections to Ethiopia's plan to start filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in July. Read more »
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Sudan: Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan Discuss Dam in Blue Nile
Dabanga, 10 June 2020
Khartoum hosted a tripartite meeting between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan about the Renaissance Dam that Ethiopia is building in the Blue Nile 15 kilometers from the border with… Read more »
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East Africa: Foreign Minister - Ethiopia Have Right to Build Dams in Accordance With Declaration of Principles
SNA, 6 June 2020
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Asma Mohamed Abdalla, pointed out that Ethiopia have the right to build dams within its territories and to benefit from the water resource, noting… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Sudan and Ethiopia Agree to Resume Nile Negotiations
East African, 22 May 2020
Prime ministers of Sudan and Ethiopia have agreed to resume negotiations on the filling and use of the Grand Renaissance Dam [GERD], signalling a partial end to tensions over the… Read more »
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Africa: UN Chief Encourages Three UN Member States to Agree On Renaissance Dam
UN News, 19 May 2020
UN chief António Guterres is encouraging Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to persevere with efforts to overcome their differences and reach agreement on the Grand Ethiopian… Read more »
Time Running Out for Compromise Over Ethiopia's Nile Dam
The construction of the giant U.S.$4.8 billion hydroelectric dam on the Nile river in Ethiopia, which began in 2010, is expected to be completed in 2022. The initial filling of the dam is planned for July, according to authorities in Addis Ababa. But talks on how much water will pass through the dam are deadlocked and the spat threatens the region's security, writes Martina Schwikowski for Deutsche Welle.
InFocus
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Tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt are at a peak after Ethiopia skipped the last round of talks held in Washington on February 26, saying it needed more time for consultations at ... Read more »
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Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan are currently engaged in vital talks over the dispute relating to the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile River. ... Read more »
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As a result of the stalemate, the irrigation ministry in Cairo confirmed a meeting hosted by an independent scientific group would take place in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum ... Read more »
