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Egypt, Sudan react to South Sudan’s plan for new dam on Nile

South Sudan has announced its intention to build another dam on the Nile River, to the surprise of Egyptian officials.
South Sudan flood

As the crisis over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam escalates, South Sudan has expressed its intention to build a new dam on the Nile River.

In an interview with The National newspaper on June 24, South Sudan’s deputy foreign minister, Deng Dau Deng Malek, said the government plans to build a dam to generate electricity and help prevent floods.

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