Ethiopia completes filling of Nile renaissance mega-dam

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba, Ethiopia on February 19, 2022. PHOTO | AMANUEL SILESHI | AFP

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced Sunday that Ethiopia has completed the filling of its Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile, a source of regional tensions with downstream Egypt and Sudan.

"It is with great pleasure that I announce the successful completion of the fourth and final filling of the Renaissance Dam," Abiy said in a message on X, formerly Twitter, which comes as negotiation between the three countries resumed August 27.