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The Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a source of tension in the Nile River basin ever since Ethiopia broke ground on it nearly a decade ago.
Tensions are high between upstream Ethiopia and Sudan and Egypt after recent talks failed to produce a deal on the filling and operation.
Sudanese and American officials are hopeful that the two will soon reach a settlement that could see damaging sanctions lifted.
The IMF deal envisions increasing revenues and reforming subsidies in order to spend more on social programmes.
Sudan's FM said a compensation deal with victims of twin embassy bomings in Kenya and Tanzania was being finalised, as the country nears being taken off the US terrorism blacklist.
The UN urged Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to "work together" to resolve differences over Addis Ababa's Nile River mega-dam which has been a long-running source of regional tension.
Washington plans to lift sanctions on Khartoum after the country holds its first democratic elections following a three-year transitional period, a source claimed.
Major General Nasr al-Deen Abd al-Qayyum, governor of Sudan's eastern Gadaref province, said Sudanese armed forces had on Sunday "successfully fended off an attack by Ethiopian forces".
Tensions are running high between the three countries after recent talks failed to produce a deal on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
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