Ethiopia is preparing to launch the fourth filling
Ethiopia is preparing to launch the fourth filling of its mega-dam reservoir on the Blue Nile, the country’s deputy prime minister announced Thursday, despite opposition from its downstream neighbour Egypt. The massive $4.2 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been at the centre of a regional dispute ever since Ethiopia broke ground on the project in 2011. Egypt and at times Sudan have repeatedly asked Addis Ababa to stop filling the reservoir. “The GERD is now approaching its fourth filling. The last three fillings have not affected lower riparian states. Likewise, the rest of the fillings will not be any different,” said Demeke Mekonnen, who also serves as foreign minister. “The project is near completion, withstanding the rhetoric of some actors that seek to monopolise the use of the shared African river,” he said, opening a conference on the Nile in Addis Ababa
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