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Egypt to Security Council: Ethiopian dam an ‘existential threat’

Foreign minister says potential disruptions from dam could be like a "malignant plague" for Egypt.

aerial view of Nile in northern Cairo outskirts
An aerial view of the Nile River is seen on May 14, 2021, on the northern outskirts of Egypt's capital, Cairo, and shows the 2019 Tahya Misr (Long Live Egypt) Bridge (at top left of photo) that crosses to the Nile island of Warraq. — AMIR MAKAR/AFP via Getty Images

Shoukry: "This is a situation that Egypt cannot, and will not, tolerate"

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry didn’t mince words in making his case Thursday to the UN Security Council that the dispute with Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

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