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African Union Summons Regional Leaders for Talks on Nile Dam

  • Heads of state to meet amid tensions over filling of dam
  • Ethiopia building dam on Nile, Egypt’s main fresh-water source
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile river in Ethiopia, seen in a satellite image taken June 26.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile river in Ethiopia, seen in a satellite image taken June 26.

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The African Union summoned regional leaders to discuss an impasse over an Ethiopian hydropower dam on the Nile River.

The virtual talks may be a prelude to the resumption of negotiations between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan about how quickly the reservoir is filled, Sudanese Irrigation Minister Yasser Abbas said by phone Monday from Khartoum, Sudan’s capital.