{"id":322499,"date":"2026-01-19T11:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T03:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322499"},"modified":"2026-01-19T11:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T03:54:18","slug":"egypt-and-sudan-welcome-us-offer-to-resume-mediation-over-ethiopias-nile-river-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322499","title":{"rendered":"Egypt and Sudan welcome US offer to resume mediation over Ethiopia&#8217;s Nile River dam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/266\/26625803.jpg\" alt=\"A view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia, Sept. 9, 2025\" title=\"A view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia, Sept. 9, 2025\"\/><figcaption><strong><em>The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>CAIRO, Jan 19 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) &#8212; Egypt and Sudan have welcomed a US offer to restart talks with Ethiopia over the Nile River water dispute.<br><br>President Trump said on Saturday he was ready to resume mediation to resolve the question of Nile Water sharing \u201conce and for all.\u201d Earlier talks were abandoned in 2020.<br><br>Addis Ababa inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in September. The $5 billion project is the largest in Africa and is meant to double the country\u2019s electricity generation.<br><br>But Cairo says the dam will drastically reduce the Nile&#8217;s flow, and could have severe effects on Egypt\u2019s agriculture and other sectors.<br><br>Sudan wants assurance that replenishment of the dam\u2019s reservoir won\u2019t have unexpected impacts on its own dams.<br><br>The dispute centers on how the dam is replenished, the amount of water Ethiopia will release downstream in case of drought, and how the three countries will settle future disputes.<br><br>Cairo and Khartoum want a legally binding agreement on how the dam will be filled and operated, but Addis Ababa will only agree to guidelines. &#8212; NNN-AFRICANEWS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAIRO, Jan 19 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) &#8212; Egypt and Sudan have welcomed a US offer to restart talks with Ethiopia over the Nile River water dispute. President Trump said on Saturday he was ready to resume mediation to resolve the question of Nile Water sharing \u201conce and for all.\u201d Earlier talks were abandoned in 2020. Addis Ababa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":322501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322499"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322502,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322499\/revisions\/322502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/322501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}