Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to agree Nile dam deal in weeks – ZAWYA

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to agree Nile dam deal in weeks – ZAWYA

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to agree Nile dam deal in weeks | ZAWYA MENA Edition HomeBusinessEnergyArticleEgypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to agree Nile dam deal in weeks Tortuous negotiations over the years have left the two nations and their neighbour Sudan short of an agreement to regulate how Ethiopia will operate the dam and fill its reservoir    Image used for illustrative purpose. Construction workers are seen in a section of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam, as it undergoes construction, during a media tour along the river Nile in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Guba Woreda, in Ethiopia March 31, 2015.ADDIS ABABA  - Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will agree a deal to fill the giant Blue Nile dam in two to three weeks, following mediation by the African Union to broker a deal to end a decade-long dispute over water supplies.Tortuous negotiations over the years have left the two nations and their neighbour Sudan short of an agreement to regulate how Ethiopia will operate the dam and fill its reservoir, while protecting Egypt's scarce water supplies from the Nile river.  Ethiopia's water minister, Seleshi Bekele, said that consensus had been reached to finalise a deal within two to three weeks, a day after leaders