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Ethiopia government warns Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud not to interfere between Ethiopia and Egypt Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, according to Ethiopian officials told Somali Times Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud should concentrate Somalia affairs and building his own security.
Ethiopia has been at peace for the last 5 years with neighbour Somalia, Ethiopia is not interfering in Somalia political internal affairs, according to Ethiopian officials.
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The Nile River travels through 10 countries in Africa, including Eritrea, Kenya, Burundi, Uganda, Congo, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt and Rwanda.
Somalia’s corrupt President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Monday at the presidential Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo, where the two African leaders discussed development, red sea security and regional issues such as the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile.
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In a joint statement released after their talks, President Sisi said he and President Mohamoud spoke about the ‘danger of unilateral policies’ when implementing projects on rivers that flow through multiple countries.
“We agreed on the dangers of unilateral policies regarding projects on international rivers, as well as the inevitability of commitment to the principal of co-operation and prior consultations among littoral states to ensure no damage is done to any of them,” the statement read.