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"We are deploying here to fight piracy and for our self-defence. Japan is a maritime nation and the increase in piracy in the Gulf of Aden through which 20,000 vessels sail every year is worrying."

Japanese Military Joins U.S. And NATO In Horn Of Africa | Eurasia Review By Rick RozoffJapanese navy commander Keizo Kitagawa recently spoke with Agence France-Presse and disclosed that his nation was opening its first overseas military base - at any rate since the Second World ...

**Egypt has categorically refused to sign the agreement.
**wants 55.5 billion cubic meters of water from the river — more than half of the Nile's flow.
**also wants veto power over any new irrigation projects undertaken by the other nine riparian states.

The Associated Press: Egypt says Nile sharing meeting fails CAIRO — Egypt's state news agency reported Tuesday that 10 African nations have failed to conclude a long delayed new agreement for sharing water from the Nile and will call for closer cooperation instead.