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Egypt, Sudan: Ethiopia won't fill disputed dam before accord

| June 26, 2020 5:27 PM

CAIRO (AP) — The leaders of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia have agreed that Ethiopia will refrain from filling its new hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile next month and return to talks aimed at reaching an accord among the three nations on use of the river's waters, according to statements Friday from Egypt and Sudan.

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