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Ethiopia, riparian states inch closer to deal over Nile water use

Building site machines stand on the construction site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba, Ethiopia, on November 24, 2017. The dam is currently being built on the Blue Nile and is going to be the biggest dam in Africa. PHOTO | GIOIA FORSTER

By  Mawahib Abdallatif

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Nation Media Group

Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt have moved closer to formalising a water-sharing deal over the Nile after technical teams meeting in Khartoum drew up a draft agreement.

At the end of a consultative meeting on Thursday, the technical teams from the three countries said they had included observations reached when the countries’ ministers met in Washington two weeks ago.

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