GERD negotiations on the airwaves: The latest round of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations dominated the airwaves last night, as the nation’s talking heads spoke to Irrigation Ministry higher-ups to understand why the talks were unsuccessful. We have the full story in the news well, below.

Irrigation Ministry officials speak up: Minister Hani Suweilam joined Kelma Akhira’s Lamees El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 5:49) to condemn Ethiopia’s stance on the matter, reiterating the ministry’s stance on the matter — blaming Ethiopia for the negations failing to amount to anything. He said that the Ethiopian side is simply not interested in conducting any real negotiations and is dragging the talks to continue filling the dam. Ministry spokesperson Mohamed Ghanem joined Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 4:54) to raise the same points.

The main point of disagreement: Ethiopia wanted to change the minimum amount of water to be allocated for the dam during a drought — one of the fundamental disagreements between the two parties, Suweilam said (watch, runtime: 5:08).

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