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There’s been intensified diplomatic activity in recent weeks as the government of Ethiopia continues to build a huge new hydro-electric dam on the Blue Nile - despite complaints from Sudan and Egypt. The governments in Cairo and Khartoum say they need a new international agreement to control the waters of the Nile - and they’ve turned to the new US administration for support. President Biden has discussed the issue with his Egyptian counterpart, General Abda-al-Fatah al-Sisi, and he’s appointed a new envoy who’s already been on a regional tour. Fergus Nicoll reports on a project that’s raised anxieties about a new “water war” in the Horn of Africa.