AFP JOHANNESBURG — African leaders are expected to hold a summit on July 21 to discuss the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile River that has caused tension between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan, the South African presidency said Monday. The meeting will be organised under the auspices of the African Union (AU), which South African President Cyril Ramaphosa currently chairs. The GERD has been a source of friction in the Nile River basin ever since Ethiopia broke ground on the project in 2011. Sudan and Egypt view the dam as a threat to essential water supplies, while Ethiopia
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