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A man sits next to an old picture of the Inga hydroelectric dam displayed on the wall of the Societe Nationale d'Electricite (SNEL, National Electricity Company) offices in Lubumbashi on May 27, 2015. AFP PHOTO / FEDERICO SCOPPA (Photo credit should read FEDERICO SCOPPA/AFP via Getty Images)

Egypt looks to Congo for breakthrough on Nile Dam talks

Ahmed Gomaa

Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi attends the 32nd African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa on February 10, 2019. - While multiple crises on the continent will be on the agenda of heads of state from the 55 member nations, the two-day summit will also focus on institutional reforms, and the establishment of a continent-wide free trade zone. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP) (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images)

Congo backs Egypt in Nile dam dispute

Ahmed Gomaa

Egypt boosts investment in Congo, hoping to secure support in Nile dam crisis

Mohamed Saied

Construction workers stand at the construction site at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, on December 26, 2019. - The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a 145-metre-high, 1.8-kilometre-long concrete colossus is set to become the largest hydropower plant in Africa.
Across Ethiopia, poor farmers and rich businessmen alike eagerly await the more than 6,000 megawatts of electricity officials say it will ultimately provide.
Yet as thousands of workers toil day and night to finish

Nile dam talks hit yet another snarl

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture