9 nations take control of Nile

After three years of closed-door talks, nine nations are quietly edging toward a deal to jointly oversee the waters of the Nile, an agreement that has eluded lands along the great river since the days of the pharaohs.

[…]An observer of Nile diplomacy, Cairo political scientist Sharif S. Elmusa, said something else is missing, too.

“There isn’t that kind of trust yet between Egypt and Ethiopia – to say, ‘OK, build the dam for electricity,’ when you can’t guarantee that Ethiopia won’t use it for other purposes,” he said.
AP