The negotiations brokered by the the African Union were seeking to determine whether Ethiopia could begin filling the dam without limiting the water supplies in Sudan and Egypt.
Ethiopia’s Minister for Water, Irrigation and Energy, Dr Seleshi Bekele, said there had been no breakthrough, and blamed Khartoum and Cairo for raising new demands.
The latest round of talks held to resolve the disagreement over the Grand Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia (GERD) on the Nile River ended on Monday without a “breakthrough”, Addis Ababa said blaming parties for “excessive” demands.
The negotiations, under the African Union chairman South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, were seeking to determine whether Ethiopia could begin filling the dam, the largest reservoir in Africa, without limiting the water supplies in Sudan and Egypt, which the downstream countries see as a threat to their citizens’ livelihood and economies.
