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South Sudan stepped in the mediation along with international efforts in a bid to resolve the crisis in Sudan.

Egypt and Sudan started a new military exercise amid a dispute with Ethiopia over Addis Ababa’s plan to add 13.5 billion cubic meters of water to the reservoir of its dam on the Blue Nile.

Egypt and Sudan agreed to establish an Egyptian-Sudanese joint stock company on agricultural and animal production and food industries, as they face a threat of shortage of Nile water amid the faltering negotiations on Ethiopia’s controversial Nile dam.

April 30, 2021 Egypt is seeking to win Kenya’s support for its stance on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, as Kenya is Africa’s representative at the UN Security Council. Egypt is considering the option of formally taking the dam issue to the United Nations. Indeed, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry made Kenya the first stop on his tour to mobilize African support for Cairos position on the dam. On April 19, Shoukry met with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. An Egyptian Foreign...

Why Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia Disagree Over the Al Nahda Dam Author: Aerial photograph of the Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia With the passage of 9 years of negotiations, talks, and mediation attempts, differences still exist between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan over the Renaissance Dam and the timetable for filling the dam, with mutual accusations of infringing on sovereignty and threatening the lives of millions. Talks stalled again last week amid the three countries differences overfilling the da...

April 7, 2021 CAIRO — The round of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam between the Egyptian, Sudanese and Ethiopian ministers of water and irrigation concluded April 6 without agreement in Kinshasa, Congo. No consensus was even reached to continue the diplomatic process to settle the unresolved disputes over the filling and operation of the dam. Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez said in a press statement after the meetings ended, “The meeting has not achieved...

Egypt issues stark warning against Ethiopia over stalled Nile dam talks Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has recently warned against messing with Egypt’s rights to the Nile River waters, in the first such threat against Ethiopia since talks on Addis Ababa’s controversial Nile dam have stalled. Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly (L) receives his Sudanese counterpart, Abdalla Hamdok, in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on March 11, 2021. April 1, 2021 CAIRO — Egyptian Presid...

The latest round of talks between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the controversial Nile River dam again collapsed amid Sudanese objections and calls for African Union experts to take on a greater role in resolving the dispute.