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Ethiopia dam reservoir filling as talks with Egypt, Sudan stall

The reservoir behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is filling, its water minister said on Wednesday, a day after talks with Sudan and Egypt on the giant Blue Nile hydroelectric project stalled.

Sudan and Egypt both fear the $4 billion dam could lead to water shortages in their own nations.

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