Popular Egyptian TV host Amr Adib said on Friday that Ethiopia announced the postponement of work in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project for four years due to issues in the construction process, which Adib called a gift from god. “Thanks to Allah, the news is good for Egypt, because the dam was a pressing thing to Egypt,” Adib said during his evening show al-Hekaya (The story) on MBC Masr. God loves Egypt and so he protected it, we have to care for the Nile river and the water,” Adib continued. Since the beginning of its construction in 2011, GERD has been a point of contention between Egypt and Ethiopia. Since then, diplomatic talks between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have taken place on both presidential and ministerial levels.

Source: Egypt Independent December 15, 2018 10:19 UTC