Sudan, Ethiopia vow 'all efforts' to resolve Nile dam dispute

Khartoum (AFP) Aug 25, 2020

Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed vowed Tuesday to make every effort to resolve a dispute also involving Egypt over Addis Ababa's giant Nile river dam. Egypt and Sudan view the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as a threat to their vital water supplies, while upstream Ethiopia considers it crucial for its economic development and electrifica