Reuters: Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan hope to break Nile dam talks deadlock in one month
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The leaders of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan on Monday set a one-month deadline for laying out the ways to break a deadlock in talks over a mega dam Addis Ababa is building along its share of the Nile, an official said.
Egypt and Ethiopia are at loggerheads over the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam, a $4 billion-hydroelectric project that Cairo fears will reduce waters that run to its fields and reservoirs from Ethiopia’s highlands and via Sudan.
Ethiopia, which is financing the project alone and hopes to become the continent’s biggest power generator and exporter, dismisses the claims. Sudan supports the dam because it will regulate floods and provide electricity and irrigation.
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WNU Editor: They have given themselves one month to resolve this. What's my take .... the dams are already being built in Ethiopia. I doubt that they are going to stop at this moment in time to placate Egypt.
Update: More information on how important the river Nile is .... A major geopolitical crisis is set to erupt over who controls the world’s longest river (Quartz).
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