Sudan and Egypt call for Security Council meeting dialogue over GERD

Differences continue being evident among the various parts involved and affected by Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), the hydroelectric dam that the African country aims to build over the Blue Nile. The dam is 80% complete and is expected to reach full generating capacity in 2023, making it Africa’s largest hydroelectric power plant and the world’s seventh-largest, according to reports in Ethiopia’s state media.