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The Blue Nile originates in natural
in Ethiopia. It supplies the
of the River Nile's water. The Blue Nile merges with the White Nile near Khartoum in Sudan and becomes the River Nile from the
of confluence. Ethiopia calls the dam an "existential
". Ethiopia says the dam is
, because nearly half the country's population has no
. Egypt said it could share electricity with Ethiopia
of the dam being used. An Egyptian
said: "One nation's
for electricity is pinned to
nation's need for water."
