Negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam resumed yesterday, with Sudan pushing for greater input from the African Union to build bridges between Egypt and Ethiopia, which are no closer to reaching a final agreement on the filling and operating timetable of the dam after months of talks. Technical and legal teams will hold talks today before submitting the results to ministers on Tuesday, the Egyptian Irrigation Ministry said yesterday.

There’s plenty of background diplomacy going on: The Egyptian army’s chief of staff was inKhartoum for talks with Sudanese generals on Saturday at the same time as the chairman of Sudan’s ruling council Abdel Fattah Al Burhan flew to Ethiopia.

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