Efforts to reach Nile dam deal ‘at standstill’: Sudan

Efforts to reach Nile dam deal ‘at standstill’: Sudan

KHARTOUM — Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopians have failed to agree on a unified text on the management of Addis Ababa's controversial Nile dam, Khartoum's water and irrigation minister said Friday.The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a source of tension in the Nile River basin ever since Ethiopia broke ground on the project in 2011.Egypt and Sudan view the dam as a threat to their vital water supplies, while upstream Ethiopia considers it crucial for its economic development and electrification.For the past 10 days, experts from the three countries had sought to merge