Three African leaders sign initial agreement to resolve long-running dispute oversharing of Nile water


Three African leaders have signed an initial agreement in Sudan to resolve a long-running dispute over the sharing of the Nile water and the building of Africa's biggest hydroelectric dam in Ethiopia.

The  deal was signed by the leaders of Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia. 

Egypt has opposed the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, saying it would worsen its water shortages. Ethiopia says the dam will give it a fairer share of the Nile water. 

Last year, Ethiopia's Parliament ratified a controversial treaty to replace colonial-era agreement that gave Egypt and Sudan the biggest share of the Nile water. 

Mohammed Morsi the then Egyptian President said he did not want war but would not allow Egypt's water supply to be endangered by the dam.

BBC