15-09-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com

Egypt says no 'breakthrough' with Ethiopia over Nile dam

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told reporters that talks over the $5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam had stopped for more than a year before restarting in Cairo earlier in the day.The long-running dispute centers on the filling and operation of what will be Africa's largest hydroelectric dam.Egypt fears the dam could reduce its share of the Nile River which serves as a lifeline for the country's 100 million people.
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