⁍ Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt have been locked in a bitter dispute over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

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⁍ Egypt says it is dependent on the Nile for more than 90% of its scarce fresh water supplies.

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⁍ Ethiopia says there is significant progress made in resolving the dispute since the African Union took over the negotiations.

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– Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia have been locked in a bitter dispute over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which is at the center of a dispute over Nile water supplies. Egypt says it is dependent on the Nile for more than 90% of its scarce fresh water supplies, and fears the dam could have a devastating effect on its economy. On Friday, President Trump said he had brokered an agreement to resolve the issue but that Ethiopia had broken the pact, forcing him to cut funds. On Saturday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office made no mention of any country in a statement on the GERD, which is at the center of a dispute over Nile water supplies. But his comment came hours after Trump held a phone call with the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok in which they called for an amicable solution between Ethiopia and Egypt, reports Reuters. In the call, held in front of reporters at the White House, Trump said he had also told Egypt the same thing, saying it was a dangerous situation and that Cairo could end up ‘blowing up that dam.’ Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt have been locked in a bitter dispute over the filling and operation of the GERD, which remains unresolved although the reservoir behind the dam began filling in July. “Occasional statements of belligerent threats to have Ethiopia to unfair terms still abound,” Abiy’s office said. “These threats and affronts to Ethiopian sovereignty are misguided, unproductive, and clear violations of international law.”