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Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance dam on the Blue Nile, shown under construction in March of 2014. Egypt claims most of the water in the 4,000 mile-long river that it shares with 10 other countries, and fears the $4.7 billion Renaissance dam will reduce the wa

A deal on Africa’s biggest dam eases tensions on the Nile

Environment

Not long ago, Egypt all but threatened war if Ethiopia built a huge dam it was planning on part of the Nile River. Now the two countries have signed breakthrough agreement to allow the dam to go ahead. It’s a big deal in a region with a history of tension over scarce water resources