A geopolitical crisis is building over who controls the River Nile.

On Monday, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia's presidents met in Addis Ababa to resolve a dispute over building a dam on the river in Ethiopia.

The show of unity has been contradicted as pictures emerge of Sudanese troops near Kassala, near the border with Eritrea.

Al Jazeera's Charlotte Bellis reports.

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