Ethiopia slams Arab League 'meddling' on Nile mega-dam

Addis Ababa (AFP) July 6, 2021

Ethiopia said Tuesday it rejected "unwelcome meddling" by the Arab League in a long-running dispute with Egypt and Sudan over a mega-dam on a tributary of the Nile River. The statement from the foreign ministry came as Egypt slammed renewed filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), and as the UN Security Council prepared to revisit the row Thursday. The Arab League announce