Ethiopia has nearly completed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, worrying the other countries about its downstream fallout
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam under construction on the Blue Nile. Picture: DPA
Ethiopia’s government simultaneously announced that it’s completed the first phase of filling the dam, following recent heavy rains. That could remove a flashpoint after reports last week that Ethiopia had begun pooling water without agreement from Egypt and neighbouring Sudan raised tensions between the three nations.
Ethiopia is close to completing construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, or Abbay River, a main tributary of the Nile. Egypt relies on the larger river for most of its fresh water and has opposed any development that might affect the downstream flow of the waterway — a position echoed by Sudan.
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