Limited demonstration erupts outside Ethiopian embassy in Cairo as activists protest perceived infringement on Egypt's traditional share of Nile water
Dozens of Egyptian protesters gathered outside the Ethiopian
embassy in Cairo on Friday to protest Addis Ababa's decision earlier this week
to temporarily divert the course of the Blue Nile as part of a project to build
a series of dams on the river.
Protesters held banners aloft
reading, "We reject attempts to take our Nile Water." Others chanted:
"We are the source of the Nile Basin."
"After Ethiopia's surprising
decision, bilateral relations have now been put to the test," according to
a statement by the 'Copts without Borders' group, one of the protests' main
organisers.
The statement added: "Any
agreement between President Mohamed Morsi's government and its Ethiopian
counterpart will not be recognised, since Morsi has lost all legitimacy before
the Egyptian people."