Security Council backs African Union mediation bid over disputed Nile dam
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09/07/2021 - 06:04 This frame grab from a video obtained from the Ethiopian Public Broadcaster (EBC) in July 2020 shows an aerial view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba, Ethiopia. © AFP/file 3 min U.N. Security Council members on Thursday backed African Union mediation efforts between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan in a dispute over the operation of a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, urging the parties to resume talks. Advertising Read more
Egypt and Sudan both called on the U.N. Security Council to help resolve the dispute after Ethiopia earlier this week began filling the reservoir behind its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) for a second year. Ethiopia is opposed to any Security Council involvement.
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