Egypt said on Tuesday that a four-month deadline agreed to with Ethiopia to negotiate an end to a long-running dispute over a dam on the Nile has expired without any progress made. It has for years wanted Addis Ababa to agree to a legally binding deal on the filling and operation of the dam. Ethiopia has insisted the hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile is crucial to the nation's development and that Egypt and fellow downstream country Sudan have nothing to fear. Sudan, which will also be affected by the building of the dam, has consistently been a party to the negotiations. “In view of these Ethiopian positions, the path of negotiations has now ended.”A view of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt.

Source: Ethiopian News December 19, 2023 18:09 UTC