{"id":68244,"date":"2020-07-01T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/07\/01\/tension-on-the-nile-could-egypt-and-ethiopia-really-go-to-war-over-water\/"},"modified":"2020-07-01T09:00:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T09:00:21","slug":"tension-on-the-nile-could-egypt-and-ethiopia-really-go-to-war-over-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/tension-on-the-nile-could-egypt-and-ethiopia-really-go-to-war-over-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Tension on the Nile: Could Egypt and Ethiopia really go to war over water?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k5uD8wVxzLxAy1w8aZy\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt calls it an &#8220;existential threat&#8221;. 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