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With Nile talks stalled, Ethiopia plans to fill dam, buy Turkish drones

Meanwhile, Sudan’s democratic transition faces ‘worst and most dangerous’ crisis.

Sudan Nile
Traffic crosses the El Mek Nimr Bridge over the Blue Nile on Jan. 28, 2021 in Khartoum, Sudan. — Abdulmonam Eassa/Getty Images

Talks to resolve dam issue have zero traction….

Ethiopia is preparing for the third filling of the reservoir created by the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD).

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