SUDAN REJECTS ETHIOPIA PROPOSAL FOR RENAISSANCES DAM

Sudan Government has rejects Ethiopia’s first proposal for the renaissances dam project. The proposal was reject after Sudan Prime Minister Abadalla Hamdok instead called for a tripartite agreement between Khartoum, Addis Ababa and Cairo.

The rejection from Sudan now means that there can’t be any deal that may sideline Egypt, the country that most needs the Nile waters.

The first proposal was not signed due to technical and legal aspects that must be included in the agreement. Such proposal include the coordination mechanism, data exchange, dam safety, and environmental and social impacts.

Sudan’s Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources said Dr Hamdok  stressed that the way to reach a comprehensive agreement is the immediate resumption of negotiations, which have made great progress during the last four months.

In March this year, Ethiopia declined to sign, or even send a representative, at the last such meeting in March, which the US had proposed an agreement. Ethiopia has argued with Egypt and Sudan ever since it began constructing the US$4.5 billion dam on the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the Nile originating from Ethiopian highlands.

Grand Renaissance Dam [GERD], Ethiopia argues, could be the biggest power source in Africa estimated to produce some 6GW when fully operational.

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