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Egypt's new administrative capital getting its own 'Nile'

Egypt has undertaken an ambitious project within an ambitious project, to provide its new, green capital with its own river.

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Construction machines and workers are seen in Egypt's planned new administrative capital east of Cairo, Oct. 18, 2017. — REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Egypt is racing against time to build a river in the middle of the desert, to go with the new administrative capital it is working on about 30 miles (45 kilometers) east of Cairo.

On Jan. 14, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly attended the construction launch of the Green River project, worth 9 billion Egyptian pounds ($501.8 million), in the $45 billion new administrative capital. Seven construction companies are working on the project, which involves hundreds of workers.

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