A former member of Sudan's negotiating team which worked with Ethiopia on issues relating to the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the River Nile, has raised eyebrows by claiming that Sudan owns the land on which the dam is built. In his interview on the programme Al Boud Al Akhar (The Other Dimension), Al-Mufti added that Sudan could ask for the land to be returned to Sudanese sovereignty. He called on the UN Security Council to intervene to stop Ethiopia from filling the second reservoir of the dam in July. Ethiopia lies upstream of Sudan on the Nile. READ: Sudan Minister says filling Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam in July threatens Sudan's security

Source: Ethiopian News February 22, 2021 16:07 UTC