Ethiopia/Sudan/UAE: Sudan Accepts UAE Offer to Mediate Border and Dam Disputes with Ethiopia

Mar 23, 2021 | Middle East Eye
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Sudan has accepted an offer by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to mediate with Ethiopia over a contested border region and Addis Ababa's construction of a huge dam on the Nile River. Government spokesman Hamza Baloul told the AFP news agency on Tuesday that Sudan's transitional cabinet backed an initiative by the UAE to mediate talks after it had been studied at the ministry level.