Egypt requests Nigerian president to mediate GERD issues

Egypt seeks Nigeria’s help to resolve GERD: House of Representatives Speaker Ali Abdel Aal requested that Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari mediate the dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Etiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Nigeria’s vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, said on Twitter. TheUS has also called a meeting between the two countries and Sudan on 6 November. Egypt and Ethiopia agreed to resume talks to resolve the dispute at the recent conference in Sochi, Russia.