The New Arab published on 7 August 2023 an article titled "Ethiopia and Egypt Weigh Future of Nile and Nationhood" by Lara Gibson.
Egypt and Ethiopia announced they hope to negotiate within four months a solution to differences over Nile water and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam issues. This may be an unrealistic time frame as many years of talks have failed and Sudan is preoccupied with an internal conflict whose outcome is far from clear.