GERD deadlock in the foreign press

The international press is focused on our Nile deadlock with Ethiopia this morning, after a fourth round of negotiations between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia failed to reach a solution to the longstanding GERD dispute. The story got attention from Bloomberg, Reuters, and the Washington Post.

The economy also got a brief mention: Reuters is out with a piece looking at our various economic challengesand the decisions the government is expected to make — currency devaluation and interest rate hikes — now that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has secured a third term in office. Meanwhile, Bloomberg ’s sources see a bigger IMF package in our future.