Efforts to reach Nile dam joint accord 'at standstill': Sudan

Khartoum (AFP) Aug 28, 2020

Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia have failed to agree on a unified text on the management of Addis Ababa's controversial Nile dam, Khartoum's water and irrigation minister said Friday. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a source of tension in the Nile River basin ever since Ethiopia broke ground on the project in 2011. Egypt and Sudan view the dam as a threat to their vital wat