150 million lives at risk over Ethiopia`s Nile dam, Egypt tells UN Security Council
(WorldNews Africa)

Egypt`s foreign minister said Ethiopia`s new hydroelectric dam risks the lives of 150 million Egyptians and Sudanese as he urged the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution on efforts to resolve a dispute over the filling of its reservoir. Sameh Shoukry said the draft resolution at the UN was in line with the outcome of an African Union summit on Friday where the leaders of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia agreed to return to talks over the filling of the $4.6-billion (Dh16.89bn) Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, known as Gerd. “This draft resolution is not intended to pre-empt or forestall any negotiations but to express at the highest levels the deep...