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26 Apr 2022 KHARTOUM, Sudan

Conflicts Amid Drinking Water Crisis In Sudan

Convoy of water tankers sent to Red Sea State in attempt to ease tensions over lack of available drinking water.

12 Feb 2022 GENEVA

Libya Expels Migrants Into Desert

Forced expulsions are increasing; challenges at borders with Chad and Sudan

11 Feb 2022 CAIRO, Egypt

GERD Negotiations: Egypt Sends Out Feeler

Ahead of African Union summit, Egypt's Prime Minister has called for  dam negotiations to resume and follows Ethiopia's conciliatory statements of mutual benefit for Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia.

16 Jan 2022 JUBA, South Sudan

Tension De-escalation In South Sudan

Efforts to minimize fatal attacks and implement Marial Bai Agreement to allocate resources and implement procedures for mobile courts in dispute settlement. 

6 Jan 2022 CAIRO, Egypt

GERD: Gulf States Support Egypt

GCC minister acknowledges Egypt's pivotal role in regional stability; emphasizes need for legally binding agreement among Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan

21 Sep 2021 NEW YORK NY, United States

Security Council Urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan To Resume GERD Talks

UN Security Council stresses need for Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt to continue talks with African Union in order to agree water sharing of Nile River.

5 Jun 2021 KHARTOUM, Sudan

Sudan Secures $500 Million USD For Irrigation, Water

Funding for new water infrastructure projects and support for government transition and modernisation

30 Apr 2021 KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo

Rhetoric Escalates As GERD Talks Fail To Make Progress

Ethiopia has called for a meeting of the African Union as tripartite talks fail again, plans to recommence reservoir filling in July's rainy season. Egypt and Sudan have insisted upon reaching agreement on water flows prior to any further filling.

17 Mar 2021 New YORK NY, United States

“If you don’t feed people, you feed conflict”: Guterres

Conflict reduces access to vital resources like water and electricity, and also drives hunger.

UN Secretary General briefs Security Council.

12 Mar 2021 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Broader International Mediation Sought In GERD Impasse

Egypt and Sudan have renewed their calls for a new negotiating mechanism mediated by four international parties to help resolve the long-running dispute with Ethiopia over the GERD (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) project.

6 Mar 2021 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Broader international mediation sought to resolve GERD impasse as US reviews aid freeze

Egypt and Sudan have renewed their calls for a new negotiating mechanism mediated by four international parties to help resolve the long-running dispute with Ethiopia over the GERD (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) project.It comes as the US plans to review the freeze of $272 Million USD in aid to Ethiopia imposed by the Trump administration in response to its GERD actions...

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13 Jan 2021 NYALA, Sudan

Darfur: 15 Killed In Water-related Violence As UNAMID Withdrawal Commences

A dispute over water access in the tribal areas of South Darfur, Sudan left 15 people dead at the end of December, just as the UN was widing up its 13 year peacekeeping mission in the country. According to media reports, a firefight erupted between members of the Masalit and Fallata tribes in Gereida city over access to the Rahad Abu Dereisa water well, leaving two Fallata tribesmen dead...