Egypt expresses solidarity with Sudan after dam collapse
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CAIRO, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Egypt expressed on Sunday solidarity with the neighboring Sudan after a recent Sudanese dam collapse destroyed hundreds of homes, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
"Egypt stands side by side with the brothers in Sudan to face the repercussions of the incident," said the Egyptian statement.
On Friday, heavy rain caused a sudden collapse of a dam in in Sudan's Blue Nile State, ruining over 600 houses in the neighborhoods of Bout town and leading to a big wave of displacement in the area.
The dam was used to store about 5 million cubic meters of water for agriculture.
Egypt and Sudan are the two downstream states among a dozen of countries sharing the Nile River, the longest in the world. Enditem
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