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Can social media campaigns change course of Nile dam talks?

The impact of Egypt’s social media campaigns promoting Egypt’s Nile water rights on decision-makers remains to be seen as Western countries have yet to openly back Egypt.
An aerial view shows the River Nile before sunset in the Helwan suburb south of the Egyptian capital Cairo on June 20, 2020. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

CAIRO — A group of Egyptian journalists announced July 1 the launch of a campaign to support Egypt in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations, according to Masrawy news website.

The campaign officials created pages on social media under the name “Let Nile Flow,” to assert Egypt's right to the Nile waters. The campaign aims to highlight the dangers of the Ethiopian dam on Egypt and to rebuke and respond to fallacies.

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