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US President Donald Trump has offered to restart American mediation in the long-running dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in a letter dated 16 January and addressed to President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, placing Egypt’s Nile water security at the centre of renewed diplomatic engagement with Washington. Trump said he wants to “responsibly resolve the question of Nile water sharing once and for all” as the Nile is viewed as an existential national concern. The offer came alongside Trump’s praise…