Sudan asks Egypt to open gates of the high dam

Sudan asked Egypt to open the gates of the High Dam in Aswan to drain some of the surplus water of the Nile in Sudan. Sudanese sources said today that this request comes after 100,000 persons were effected in Sudan due to the floods of the Nile.

Four persons were killed yesterday in floods in Om Derman city, to increase the number of deaths resulting from the floods in Sudan to 23, and still the floods water threatened villages on the Nile's bank.