The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance (GERD) issue isn’t going anywhere anytime soon:. Kelma Akhira's Lameed El Hadidi and Ala Mas’ouleety’s Ahmed Moussa focused on the GERD, which again dominated proceedings following Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to Cairo yesterday for talks with Sameh Shoukry (watch, runtime: 2:11 | 3:42). Shoukry noted during a press conference following the meeting that both countries will coordinate to reach an agreement over the dam that fulfills the interests of the three countries in a bid to avoid any pitfalls of unilateral action by Ethiopia.

Ethiopia signalling war? Moussa read and analyzed a recent blog post published by the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, which he described as a “declaration of war.” The article, which mentions the phrase “you don’t die of fear rather you die while fighting” and says that Ethiopia has “all options on the table” is the “most dangerous” statement since initiating the GERD talks 10 years ago, Moussa said (watch, runtime 14:32).

Elsewhere, Masaa DMC highlighted the "Nile for Peace" conference, held from 5 to 11 April in Uganda, during which some civil society representatives from nine African countries called on Ethiopia to postpone the second filling of the dam (watch, runtime: 6:24).