SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Reuters - Trump says talks with Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan on dam dispute went well

6/11/19: Reuters - Trump says talks with Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan on dam dispute went well

 Former US Department of State Officials have had mixed reactions to the US attempt to mediate between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the disputed Renaissance Dam that dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River.

 Cameron Hudson, currently a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, said it was surprising that the mediation was hosted by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, not Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, since the State Department arguably had more expertise in such issues.  Hudson added that he said he did not expect any breakthroughs, and that the announcement was not coordinated well within the US government.

 Witney Schneidman, now a senior adviser at law firm Covington & Burling, said that a US role in resolving the dispute will be “to everyone’s benefit,” as the dam is “critical to economic progress in the region.”