Sudanese hope Ethiopian dam ends Blue Nile floods
20 November 2019 |
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The Blue Nile is a renegade river, according to Sudanese farmer Osman Idris, its unpredictable flooding swallowing crops and houses as it crashes through Sudan from Ethiopia on its way to Egypt.
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