CAIRO — The negotiation session held Aug. 28 between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) under the auspices of the African Union (AU) ended amid failure to reach a unified draft that includes each of the country’s proposals. In the event of a failure to reach an agreement, Egypt will have to return to the Security Council as an alternative plan, he said. Ethiopia’s President Sahle-Work Zewde announced Oct. 5 that the GERD, built on the Blue Nile, would start generating electricity within 12 months. In Sudan, Egypt has sent urgent aid in the wake of the flooding that hit Sudan in early August, claiming the lives of 121 people and destroying more than 25,000 homes. The maximum capacity of the dam reaches 74 billion cubic meters, while the dam affects agriculture in Sudan as it could reduce the amount of silt that flows through the water.

Source: Ethiopian News October 09, 2020 05:37 UTC