Egypt explores water projects with Somalia

Egypt is in talks with Somalia on water management aid for the drought-stricken country as Cairo builds up its influence in the Horn of Africa.
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Yurub Abdi Jama, 35 years old and mother of eight children, walks while holding a cup in an informal settlement of internally displaced people in the outskirts of the city of Hargeisa, Somaliland, on Sept. 16, 2021. - EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images
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Egypt hosted a Somali delegation led by Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Said Hussein at Cairo Water Week, an annual event to discuss policies for water-scarce nations on water management and strategic planning.

Hussein held talks Oct. 25 with Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel-Ati to discuss water cooperation between Egypt and Somalia including Egyptian support for Somalia to build dams and develop irrigation systems in the Horn of Africa country, which is ravaged by drought.

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