Ethiopia will start generating power from its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Sunday, government officials told AFP.
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam , set to be the largest hydroelectric project in Africa, has been at the centre of a regional dispute ever since Ethiopia broke ground in 2011.
Ethiopia's downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan view the dam as a threat because of their dependence on Nile waters, while Addis Ababa deems it essential for its electrification and development. But Ethiopian officials have argued that filling is a natural part of the dam's construction process and cannot be stopped.
Egypt claims a historic right to the Nile dating from a 1929 treaty that gave it veto power over construction projects along the river.
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