President Cyril Ramaphosa, right, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali shake hands after concluding a press conference at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on January 12 2020. Picture: AFP/PHILL MAGAKOE
Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan — where the Blue Nile converges with the White Nile before flowing north — started discussions under US mediation in November that are meant to yield an agreement next week. But major sticking points remained in the latest round of talks on Thursday and the parties have yet to clinch a deal.
The $4.2bn Grand Renaissance Dam is expected to begin generating power by the end of 2020 and be fully operational by 2022. Ethiopia, one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies and most populous countries, says the project is essential for its development. But Egypt is concerned Ethiopia will reduce water flow by filling the dam’s reservoir too quickly.
He took on a series of political and economic reforms, and vowed to hold Ethiopia’s first “free, fair and democratic” elections since 2005 in May. His rule, however, has stoked ethnic tensions and fuelled violent protests that the electoral commission says could delay the poll. Abiy reiterated on Sunday his promise to hold elections this year despite “logistics” and “security” challenges.
Imagine the same guy who messed up SA going to fix another country
Cyril needs to fix the problems in South Africa first, before intervening any where else. He is 'dam' good at running away from his house problems.
I would have thought that he has enough to contend with, without taking on someone else’s problem ... just saying ...
A powerful man like Abdel fattah el-Sisi will never negotiate with a coward.
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