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The Blue Nile originates in
springs above Lake Tana in Ethiopia. It supplies the
of the water for the Nile River. The Blue Nile merges with the White Nile near Khartoum in Sudan. The
becomes the River Nile from the point of
of the two rivers. Ethiopia calls the dam an "existential
". Taxes from Ethiopian citizens have
paid for the dam. Ethiopia's government says the dam is essential as nearly half the country's
lacks access to electricity. Egypt has said it could share electricity with Ethiopia
of the dam being used. An Egyptian politician said: "One nation's
for electricity is pinned to
nation's need for water."
