'Ethiopia will stick to African Union-led process on Nile dam' - AA

Ethiopia will stick to the African Union-led process concerning trilateral negotiations on the $5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) despite downstream countries' insistence on a quartet, a spokesman has said.

Tensions intensified among Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt concerning Ethiopia’s flagship hydroelectric project after a trilateral meeting held under the auspices of the current chair of the African Union, Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshekedi, did not produce a breakthrough.

Sudan proposed that the EU, US and UN join the African Union as mediators -- a proposal Egypt seconded but Ethiopia categorically rejected.