However, East Africa is clearly unlikely to allow such a country to emerge nearby, but it's not entirely certain. After all, there's Cuba next to the United States, and Egypt's past relationship with the Soviet Union was relatively close. Furthermore, for the Russians, it's obvious Egypt is more worth courting than Cuba.
Many countries in the world covet the Suez Canal, but Egypt is not currently an issue East Africa needs to consider, since Egypt is still a British colony. In fact, East Africa would like nothing more than for Suez, Egypt's vital passageway, to be scrapped.
In this way, East Africa cutting off the river upstream, and with the Suez Canal being scrapped, even if the Egyptian population would like to grow like in the past, it would be unlikely to achieve.
