Egypt has told the United Nations it faces an existential threat from a hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile that Ethiopia plans to start filling in the coming weeks.

At a virtual meeting of the UN Security Council on June 29, Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shoukry warned of conflict if the UN fails to intervene.

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