The Takeaway: Are Egypt, Ethiopia on brink of water war over Nile dam?
![(FILES) This file photo taken on December 26, 2019 shows a general view of the Blue Nile river as it passes through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia. - The Nile, Egypt's lifeline since Pharaonic days, faces massive strain from pollution, over-use and climate change -- and now the threat of a colossal dam being built far upstream in Ethiopia. When its London-sized reservoir starts to fill this summer, Egypt fears the mega-project will spell an existential threat to its teemin](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2020/06/GettyImages-1207684703.jpg/GettyImages-1207684703.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=DFbQKoZC)
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