U.S. Says Time Running Out for Agreement on Disputed Nile Dam
- AU mediated talks ended last month without firm deal
- Ethiopia has met first-year target of filling reservoir
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile river in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia on July 28.
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Ethiopia may be running out of time to negotiate an agreement on the filling and operation of a mega-dam on the Nile River thats pitted the Horn of Africa nation against Egypt and Sudan, the U.S. State Department said.
“Time is short and the window to achieving an agreement may be rapidly closing; constructive and fruitful engagement among the three parties is encouraged,” the department said in an emailed response to questions.