AU Chair Calls For Fresh Start As Nile Dam Talks Begin 'I invite you all to make fresh start, to open windows of hope, to seize all opportunities,' says Felix Tshisekedi. The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) called for a fresh start in talks over the Nile dam, which has been the subject of a dispute between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan for the past years. Felix Tshisekedi, who is also the current African Union chair, was speaking at the opening of a new round of negotiations between the foreign ministers of the three countries on Sunday in the capital Kinshasa.