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No Deal from US-Brokered Nile Dam Talks

Patsy Widakuswara

   WHITE HOUSE - The Trump administration has concluded two days of what
   was supposed to be the final round of talks on the Grand Ethiopian Dam
   without reaching a deal and without the presence of Ethiopia after that
   country said Wednesday that it is walking away from negotiations on the
   project.

   Addis Ababa and Cairo have been at odds in a water war on the issue of
   the filling and operation of the giant Ethiopian dam that Egypt worries
   could threaten its supply of water from the Nile.

   Instead of meeting with the three countries involved in the conflict,
   U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, host of the negotiations,
   participated in bilateral meetings with ministers of foreign affairs
   and ministers of water resources of Egypt and Sudan.

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