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AdamontheBlueNileinEthiopiaisescalatingtensionsintheregion. AfricanUnion-ledtalksbetweenEthiopia, EgyptandSudanovertheGrandEthiopianRenaissanceDambrokedownonMonday. Therearefearsthatthefillingofthedamcouldleadtoarmedconflict. Ethiopiaisconstructingthedamtosupplyelectricitytoitsruralareas. ItisthelargesthydroelectricdaminAfricaandistwo-thirdsfinished. Ethiopiahasstartedfillingthedam, whichhasraisedalarminCairo. Egyptviewsthedamasan "existentialthreat" andisconcernedthedamwillreduceitswatersupplies. MostofEgypt'swatercomesentirelyfromtheNile, particularlyduringtimesofdrought.
TheBlueNileoriginatesinnaturalspringsaboveLakeTanainEthiopia. ItsuppliesthemajorityofthewaterfortheNileRiver. TheBlueNilemergeswiththeWhiteNilenearKhartouminSudan. ThewaterwaybecomestheRiverNilefromthepointofconfluenceofthetworivers. Ethiopiacallsthedaman "existentialnecessity". TaxesfromEthiopiancitizenshavelargelypaidforthedam. Ethiopia'sgovernmentsaysthedamisessentialasnearlyhalfthecountry'spopulationlacksaccesstoelectricity. EgypthassaiditcouldshareelectricitywithEthiopiainsteadofthedambeingused. AnEgyptianpoliticiansaid: "Onenation'sneedforelectricityispinnedtoanothernation'sneedforwater."
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