Steve Mnuchin Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/steve-mnuchin/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 13 Feb 2020 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Steve Mnuchin Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/steve-mnuchin/ 32 32 Talks stalled on Blue Nile Dam https://jjcornish.com/2020/02/talks-stalled-on-blue-nile-dam/ Thu, 13 Feb 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/02/talks-stalled-on-blue-nile-dam/ Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia are at a standoff about the filling and operation of a dam newly completed across the Blue Nile. Talks in Washington, aimed at preparing for final agreement by heads of state at the end of this month are not making progress. Brokering  the talks, the US is trying to put a […]

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]]> Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia are at a standoff about the filling and operation of a dam newly completed across the Blue Nile.

Talks in Washington, aimed at preparing for final agreement by heads of state at the end of this month are not making progress.

Brokering  the talks, the US is trying to put a brave face on the crawling negotiations.

Treasure Secretary Steve Mnuchin says technical experts are doing their job.

But he can’t point to any concrete progress.

The Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile will turn Ethiopia into Africa’s power generating giant.

But Sudan and Egypt downstream fear their vital interests are at stake.

Matters are complicated by  a latest report of Uganda planning a dam across the Nile.

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