Arab League urges Ethiopia to delay filling Nile dam

Cairo (AFP) June 23, 2020

The Arab League urged Ethiopia on Tuesday to delay its filling of the Nile mega-dam it is constructing until a comprehensive deal is reached with Egypt and Sudan. It called on "all parties to avoid taking further escalatory actions" and for Addis Ababa not to fill its Renaissance Dam "without reaching an agreement with the downstream countries". The resolution submitted by Egypt and appr