Ethiopia has announced that it will establish a new dam, with a capacity to store 55 million cubic meters of water, amid an escalating dispute with Egypt and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Located on the Agma River in the Blue Nile Basin, the project is scheduled to be completed within three years. The Agma dam will be established by the Ethiopian governmental organisation, Amhara Water Works Construction Enterprise, with the cooperation of the CCEC. Meanwhile, the Sunday meeting on the major Ethiopian dam dispute has failed to achieve any progress, due to the differences relating to the resumption of talks and the procedures related to the negotiations process. The dispute over the GERD is part of a long-standing feud between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, relating to access to River Nile waters.

Source: Ethiopian News January 12, 2021 05:03 UTC