ADDIS ABABA: The African Union urged Egypt and Ethiopia yesterday to come together for talks to solve a bitter dispute over the sharing of Nile river waters triggered by an Ethiopian dam project.
AU Commission chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s appeal came after Egypt angrily warned that “all options are open” over Ethiopia’s diversion of a section of the Blue Nile for the dam.
“There should be discussions around these issues... aimed at having a win-win situation,” she said. “Both countries need the water.”
Ethiopia has pledged to press ahead with construction of the $4.2bn (¤3.2bn) Grand Renaissance Dam, set to become Africa’s biggest hydroelectric dam when completed, despite Egypt’s fury.AFP
