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Trump offers to restart mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia on Nile River water sharing

By Thomson Reuters Jan 16, 2026 | 2:38 PM

Jan 16 (Reuters) – The United States is ready ‍to restart mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia to help resolve the issue ‌of Nile ‌River water sharing, President Donald Trump said in a letter to ​Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ‍on ​Friday.

“I am ready ​to restart U.S. ‍mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia to responsibly resolve the question of ‘The ‍Nile Water Sharing’ once and for all,” ‍Trump ‍wrote in ​the letter, which ​he ⁠posted to ‌his Truth Social account.

(Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto, Editing by Bhargav ⁠Acharya)