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The water crisis in Egypt, and the reasons behind it

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Egypt fears things could get even worse as Ethiopia starts filling the reservoir behind a giant dam upriver. Image: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Nadeen Ebrahim
Reporter, Reuters
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