UNSC to discuss Ethiopia dam that strained ties with Egypt, Sudan
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Security Council session comes after Ethiopia informed Egypt and Sudan it has begun the second phase of filling GERD.
The United Nations Security Council is set to discuss a bitter regional dispute over a massive dam built by Ethiopia on the main tributary of the Nile River. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is the source of an almost decade-long diplomatic standoff between Ethiopia and downstream nations Egypt and Sudan. Ethiopia says the project is essential to its development, but the governments in Cairo and Khartoum fear it could restrict their citizens’ water access. Thursday’s open session comes after Egypt and Sudan turned to the 15-member body as Ethiopian began this week the second stage of filling at the GERD. The government in Addis Ababa insists the African Union (AU) should resume handling the talks.
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