Tensions over Nile dam


A woman collects water pumped from the Nile River in Tanta, Egypt. Egypt is protesting Ethiopia's plan to dam the river, which supplies almost all of its water needs and has created one of the most fertile deltas in the world. - EPA

Egypt indignant over Ethiopia's Nile dam project; maintains that it will dangerously deplete its water stocks.

THE opening sentence of Egypt’s new constitution describes the country as the river Nile’s gift to Egyptians.

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