Dam busters

CAIRO: The leaders of Ethiopia and Egypt yesterday vowed to iron out their differences over a dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River that Cairo fears threatens its water supplies.

Talks over the $4 billion hydroelectric project have been deadlocked for months, but Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have made a breakthrough. Briefs supplied by Reuters, AP ANA-DPA, Daily Mail