US Seeking to Mediate Feud Over Nile Dam
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(Worthy News) – The Trump administration has invited the foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to Washington to discuss a giant hydropower dam project on Ethiopia’s Blue Nile, the focus of an escalating feud between Addis Ababa and Cairo over water resources.
The invitation letter obtained by VOA was extended by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Oct. 21 to the three countries and to David Malpass, president of the World Bank Group.
A World Bank spokesperson said in a statement Malpass “plans to participate, assuming that all three countries (Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan) are fully involved and also participate.” [ Source: VOA News (Read More…) ]
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