Ethiopia completes third filling of Nile mega-dam

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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, Ethiopia. PHOTO | AMANUEL SILESHI | AFP

Ethiopia has completed the third filling of its mega-dam reservoir on the Blue Nile, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Friday, a development that could raise further tensions with downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan. The announcement comes a day after Ethiopia said it had launched electricity production from the second turbine at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) which lies in the west of the country.