CAIRO: After delegations from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia failed to reach an agreement during Tuesday’s talks in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said on Wednesday that “all options are open if a drop of water belonging to Egypt is touched.”
Both Egypt and Sudan blamed Ethiopia for the failure of the latest round of talks.
Ethiopia says the gravity dam under construction since 2011 is vital for its economic progress and power generation, but Egypt fears its supply of water from the Nile which currently provides about 97 percent of the country’s irrigation and drinking water will be threatened, and Sudan has raised concerns about the dam’s safety and its effect on its own dams and water stations on the Nile.
U S looks into reports of atrocities in Ethiopia s Tigray region
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US looks into reports of atrocities in Ethiopia s Tigray region
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