Al-Monitor published on 22 March 2022 an article titled "Egypt Deepens Military Ties with Sudan as Ethiopia Moves Forward with Nile Dam" by Mohamed Saied.
Egypt and Sudan recently held high level military talks amid mounting tension with Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which is 80 percent complete, on the Blue Nile. The rainy season is approaching in the Nile Basin at which time Ethiopia will begin the third filling of the reservoir behind the dam.
Comment: The rainy season in the Nile Basin has been good in the past two years and filling of the reservoir has caused no harm to downstream Sudan and Egypt. A series of abnormally poor rainy seasons could pose a problem for downstream countries in the future.
