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Re:Will a Nile canal project dry up Africa’s largest wetland? by Ekaros on Saturday July 23, 2022 @07:45PM (#32208723)
What I'm missing here is why send it to Egypt and not use it locally to improve agriculture in South Sudan?
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Re:Will a Nile canal project dry up Africa’s largest wetland? by Ericson2314 on Saturday July 23, 2022 @11:27PM (#32210051)
Developing countries are pretty starved if foreign exchange. Perhaps local development sounds superior to cash, but look up "balance-of-payments-constrained growth". It's a tricky issue.
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Re:Will a Nile canal project dry up Africa’s largest wetland? by badrabbit on Saturday July 23, 2022 @09:42PM (#32209418)
Egypt wants more water with sediments and minerals that haven't been deposited downstream and Sudan had suffered a lot from flooding. Win/Win+money.
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