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Ethiopia: Govt Offers Reassurances to Egypt Over Nile Waters
VOA, 12 June 2018
The leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia say they have made progress in their talks on sharing the waters of the Nile River. Read more »
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has launched a charm offensive to calm tensions with Egypt over the construction of what will be Africa's largest hydroelectric plant on the Nile River. "Addis Ababa has no desire or idea to harm the Egyptian people. We believe that we should benefit from this river, the Nile, but when we benefit we should not do harm to the Egyptian people,'' Ahmed said.
The Blue Nile Falls in Ethiopia.
The construction of Ethiopia's Grand Rennaissance Dam is approaching its final stages."We proposed to establish a scientific team derived from three countries and they look deep ... Read more »
The nine hour round included three way closed door meetings attended by the ministers of water and irrigation from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. Read more »
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