Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam - Ethiopia’s massive Nile dam explained (Al Jazeera)

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – Ethiopia’s massive Nile dam explained (Al Jazeera)

Post author By Marco Emanuele
Post date July 9, 2021
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Ethiopia has built a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile and started holding back the water flow to fill the reservoir behind it for a second year.

Egypt is worried the dam will affect the overall flow of the Nile River and together with fellow downriver country Sudan brought the issue to the UN Security Council in a bid to get a binding deal on the dam’s operation.

Ethiopia’s massive Nile dam explained | Energy News | Al Jazeera

Water flows through Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam as it undergoes construction on the river Nile [File: Reuters]

Water flows through Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam as it undergoes construction on the river Nile [File: Reuters]