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"Ethiopia has the right to development; we have the right to life."

Jul 25 , 2026

Badr Abdelatty, Egypt's foreign minister, told the Middle East Online (MEO) last week that his country opposes "any measure taken without agreement" between countries sharing the Nine River. Talks between Ethiopia and Egypt over the issue of the Nile Basin, including water flow managment through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), have been stalled for a few years now, unable to agree on how much water Ethiopia should release from the reservoir during multi-year dry periods.


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