The Sudanese Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources said on Saturday that Sudan would not take part in the ministerial meeting on the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which is scheduled for later today, saying that the way previous talks were held proved to be "unproductive." Sudan's decision comes to reiterate the country's previous stances calling for involving African experts to facilitate negotiations between the three parties [Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan], the ministry said in a statement. More to follow