ADDIS ABABA, 12 August - Ethiopia has completed the third filling of its mega-dam reservoir on the Blue Nile, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced, a development that could raise further tensions with downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan. 

 

The announcement on Friday comes a day after Ethiopia said it had launched power production from the second turbine at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). ... The enormous $4.2 billion dam has been at the centre of a regional dispute ever since Ethiopia broke ground on the mega project in 2011. 

 

Egypt and Sudan view the dam as a threat because of their dependence on Nile river waters, while Ethiopia deems the dam essential for domestic electrification and development. -(ANA) -

 

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