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Pressure mounts on Egypt to change stance on Nile treaty

By Peter Okong’o

Egypt’s anger over the signing of the new Nile treaty is being countered with criticism of its intransigence over the years to discuss a review of an old agreement that gave the country virtual ‘veto’ power over use of the waters of Lake Victoria and the River Nile.

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