Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance dam on Blue Nile filling up, raising tensions with neighbours

Ethiopia on Wednesday acknowledged that water levels behind its mega-dam on the Blue Nile River were increasing, though officials said this was a natural part of the construction process.The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a source of tension in the Nile River basin ever since Ethiopia broke ground on it in 2011, with downstream countries Egypt and Sudan worried it will restrict vital water supplies.Addis Ababa has long intended to begin filling the dam’s reservoir this month,…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3093375/ethiopias-grand-renaissance-dam-blue-nile-filling-raising