Unease as Ethiopian Nile dam water level rises

A handout satellite image showing a closeup view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Ethiopia on July 12, 2020. PHOTO | REUTERS

Khartoum

Addis Ababa has refuted claims it has begun filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), just days after talks with Sudan and Egypt failed to reach agreement on how to regulate the flow of the Nile waters from the reservoir.