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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2019 file photo, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks as he meets with President Donald Trump at the InterContinental Barclay hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, in New York. Egypt says it is facing an existential threat, as its southern neighbor Ethiopia races to complete a massive new dam upstream. But with no agreement on the horizon, Egypt finds itself with limited options. The White House earlier this month said that the U.S. supports negotiations to reach a sustainable agreement. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Egypt’s options dwindle as Nile talks break down

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

In this Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, file photo, a bust of the Nobel Prize founder, Alfred Nobel on display at the Concert Hall during the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm. (Henrik Montgomery/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Ethiopia’s reformist PM Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel peace prize

By ELIAS MESERET and CARA ANNA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday July 15, 2018 file photo, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, second left, and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, center, hold hands as they wave at the crowds in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Once official rivals, the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea have embraced warmly to the roar of a crowd of thousands at a concert celebrating the end of a long state of war. The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize was given to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday Oct. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)

A look at the Ethiopia-Eritrea war whose end brought a Nobel

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 file photo, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize was given to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday Oct. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, file)

The Latest: UN council to say well done in person to Ahmed

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In this Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, file photo, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meets at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize was given to Ahmed on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, file)

Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopian prime minister, wins Nobel Peace Prize for 2019

By Cara Anna, Elias Meseret and Geir Moulson - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 28, 2013 file photo, the Blue Nile river flows near the site of the planned Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Assosa in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, near Sudan, some 800 kilometers (500 miles) from the capital Addis Ababa. Irrigation ministers from three key Nile Basin countries wrapped up a two-day meeting Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 in Sudan’s capital without agreeing on differences over Ethiopia’s soon-to-be-finished Blue Nile dam, with Egypt calling for international mediation to help reach a “fair and balanced” agreement. (AP Photo/Elias Asmare, File)

3-country talks on Nile waters wrap up without agreement

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 28, 2013 file photo, the Blue Nile river flows near the site of the planned Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Assosa in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, near Sudan, some 800 kilometers (500 miles) from the capital Addis Ababa. Irrigation ministers of three key Nile Basin countries are holding a two-day meeting starting Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 in Sudan’s capital, seeking to resolve differences over Ethiopia’s soon-to-be-finished Blue Nile dam, which Cairo claims threatens its water supply. (AP Photo/Elias Asmare, File)

New round of talks on Nile waters starts in Sudan’s capital

By NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

Ethiopia says 1,200-plus killed in unrest over past year

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Ethiopia: Egypt’s Nile dam proposal is against ‘sovereignty’

By ELIAS MESERET - Associated Press

Egypt says no progress in talks over Ethiopia’s Nile dam

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FILE - In this June 28, 2013 file photo, construction work takes place, at the site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Assosa, Ethiopia. Egypt says negotiations over an upstream Nile dam being built by Ethiopia have not led to any &quot;breakthrough.&quot; Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told reporters that talks over the $5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam have stopped for more than a year before restarting in Cairo on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Elias Asmare, File)

Egypt says no ‘breakthrough’ with Ethiopia over Nile dam

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Ethiopia releases Lebanese businessman held since last week

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Dereje Negash from the Orthodox Church's Mahibere Weyniye Abune Teklehaimanot group speaks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. The group affiliated with Ethiopia's Orthodox Church is condemning what it calls the government's silence on homosexuality in the country and urged authorities to enact strong laws against same-sex relations. (AP Photo Mulugeta Ayene)

Ethiopian church-affiliated group urges action against gays

By ELIAS MESERET - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in August 2019 shows a facial reconstruction model by John Gurche made from a fossilized cranium of Australopithecus anamensis. The species is considered to be an ancestor of A. afarensis, represented by “Lucy” found in 1974. From 3.8 million years ago, the ancestral species is the oldest known member of Australopithecus, the grouping of creatures that preceded our own branch of the family tree, called Homo. (Matt Crow/Cleveland Museum of Natural History via AP)

Ethiopian fossil reveals face for ancestor of famed ‘Lucy’

By MALCOLM RITTER - Associated Press

Ethiopia’s PM warns of a longer internet cutoff amid unrest

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A protester flashes the victory sign, as others block a road during a protest, in Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, June 24, 2019. The United Nations' top human rights official is urging Sudan's military rulers to allow her office to investigate a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Ethiopia, AU float proposal for peace in Sudan

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Ethiopia: 37 killed in another region after coup attempt

By ELIAS MESERET - Associated Press

In this image made from video, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announces a failed coup as he addresses the public on television, Sunday, June 23, 2019. The failed coup in the Amhara region was led by a high-ranking military official and others within the country’s military, the prime minister told the state broadcaster. (ETV via AP)

The Latest: Ethiopia spokesman says military chief killed

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In this image made from video, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announces a failed coup as he addresses the public on television, Sunday, June 23, 2019. The failed coup in the Amhara region was led by a high-ranking military official and others within the country’s military, the prime minister told the state broadcaster. (ETV via AP)

Ethiopia coup foiled, military chief shot dead

By Elias Meseret - Associated Press

Eritrean refugee in Utah graduates high school

By Marjorie Cortez - Associated Press