African Committee On GERD To Present Report To AU Head Within One Week

A recently-established African committee formed to deal with the issue of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will present its report to the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) and President of South Africa Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa within one week, a statement by the AU said on Saturday.

The AU statement said the Bureau of the Assembly agreed to augment the Tripartite Committee dealing with the GERD issue, which consists of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan. The committee was augmented with the participation of observers, namely South Africa in its capacity as Chairperson of the AU, members of the Bureau of the AU, and experts from the Commission, with a view to addressing outstanding technical and legal issues.

The AU held on Friday an emergency online summit of leaders of the three countries chaired by Ramaphosa to revive the deadlocked negotiations over the $4.8 billion GERD after the last round of negotiations