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July 23, 2020

Heavy rains start filling reservoir of $4.6B Blue Nile dam in Ethiopia

  • Ethiopia's leader says two turbines will begin generating power next year.
    • By ELIAS MESERET
    Associated Press

    Photo by Gioia Forster/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images [enlarge]
    Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be the largest dam in Africa. This photo taken in November 2017 shows its massive structure under construction.

    ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia's prime minister on Wednesday hailed the first filling of a massive dam that has led to tensions with Egypt, saying two turbines will begin generating power next year.


     
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