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Ethiopia on Wednesday proposed holding a meeting of the African Union to end the stalemate in the Renaissance Dam negotiations between Addis Ababa, Cairo and Khartoum. The Ethiopian Foreign Ministr.
UAE balances ties with Egypt, Ethiopia in Nile Dam Crisis Close UAE-Ethiopian relations remain a source of concern for Egypt, especially after tension escalated between Cairo and Addis Ababa over the GERD crisis. A picture shows water bursting out of the Roseires Dam on the Blue Nile River at al-Damazin in southeastern Sudan, on Nov. 27, 2020. The Roseires hydropower complex is located 105 kilometers east of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. - EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP via Getty Images
April 22, 2021
Emirati-Ethiopian relations are still a source of concern for Egypt, especially as the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) intensifies between Cairo and Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia Accuses Egypt, Sudan Of Undermining Dam Talks
Sudan’s claim it releases 61 Ethiopian captured soldiers fake news, says Foreign Ministry spokesperson. Ethiopia on Wednesday accused Egypt and Sudan of working to undermine the African Union (AU)-led process of trilateral negotiations on the rules and guidelines for the filling and operation of the $5-billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ambassador Dina Mufti in a weekly press briefing said Sudan and Egypt have been on the move to take the negotiations out of the hands of the Pan-African body.
On Tuesday, Sudan raised the issue at the UN Security Council (UNSC) of the GERD s second-year filling that Ethiopia planned to execute this coming July-August, the main rainy season. Sudan told the UNSC that the planned filling poses a security threat.
What’s new? War rages on in Ethiopia’s Tigray region – with civilians bearing the brunt of a brutal conflict marked by atrocities. Under international pressure, Addis Ababa has offered concessions on aid access and pledged that Eritrean troops will withdraw. But prospects of a negotiated settlement appear dim.
Why does it matter? An entrenched Tigrayan resistance combined with Ethiopian and Eritrean authorities’ determination to keep Tigray’s fugitive leaders from power mean that the conflict could evolve into a protracted war. That would further devastate Tigray and greatly harm Ethiopia, the linchpin state in the Horn of Africa.
What should be done? With a decisive battlefield win for either side a remote prospect, parties should consider a cessation of hostilities that allows for expanded humanitarian aid access. This practical first step would reduce civilian suffering and ideally pave the way for a return to dialogue down the road.