Africa Business News

Negotiations over the controversial mega-dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile River have resumed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Ethiopia’s communications office confirmed the resumption of talks. The $5bn hydroelectric dam has been at the centre of a diplomatic row for more than a decade between Ethiopia and the two downstream countries Egypt and Sudan. Egypt and Sudan fear their essential water supplies are threatened by the dam. Several rounds of negotiations had been held but attempts to ink a binding deal have not materialised.