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Egypt, Ethiopia escalate war of words over stalled Nile dam talks

Ethiopia is accusing Egypt of deliberate hostility amid stalled negotiations on the controversial dam and tension between Addis Ababa and Khartoum.

A picture shows the Roseires Dam on the Blue Nile river at al-Damazin in southeastern Sudan, on November 27, 2020. - The Roseires hydropower complex is located 105 kilometres east of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. (Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP) (Photo by EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP via Getty Images)
A picture shows the Roseires Dam on the Blue Nile river at al-Damazin in southeastern Sudan, on Nov. 27, 2020. — EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP via Getty Images

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