Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume Nile dam talks

Egypt ,Ethiopia and Sudan resume talks on Nile dam on Sunday in Ethiopia’s capital, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry announced.

Ethiopia this month announced the completion of the fourth and final filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, followed by an immediate condemnation from Cairo, which condemned the move as illegal.

Egypt and Sudan fear the massive $4.2 billion dam will severely reduce the share of Nile water they receive and had repeatedly asked Addis Ababa to stop filling it until an agreement was reached.

The dam is central to Ethiopia’s development plans, and in February 2022 Addis Ababa declared that it started generating electricity for the first time.

At full capacity, the huge hydroelectric dam is 1.8 kilometres long and 145 metres high ,could generate more than 5,000 megawatts. That would double Ethiopia’s production of electricity, to which only half the country’s population of 120 million currently has access.