Ethiopia informs Egypt of the start of the second year of the filling of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile River, raising tensions with downstream countries.

Egypt and Sudan reject Ethiopia's proposal for sharing data on the operations of the GERD hydropower dam on the Blue Nile.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi threatens neighboring Ethiopia with potential war over a contested dam that the latter country has been building on the Nile River, affecting a major Egyptian water source.

Ethiopia accuses Egypt and Sudan of obstructing the latest round of three-way talks on a contested dam that it has been building over the Nile River.

Sudan's water resources minister says the unilateral move by Ethiopia to fill the reservoir at Renaissance Dam "threatens the lives of half the population in central Sudan."

Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have long been in talks to secure an agreement on the potential impact of the dam on their water security.