13 die in failed assault on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance DamEthiopia has said 13 members of a separatist rebel group were killed by its army during a failed attack on the site of Africa’s largest hydropower project, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). He added that seven assailants who fled to Sudanese territory were later apprehended by that country’s security forces and delivered to the Ethiopian authorities, reports Ethiopia’s state broadcaster, Fana. Egypt has long made its opposition to the GERD clear, on the grounds that it will reduce water flow in the river. Debrestion Gebremical, minister for IT, told journalists last week that work on the dam was nearing completion, and that it would soon be generating 750MW of power. He said: “Construction of power receiver and transmission stations as well as the installation of power transmission lines have been fully completed.

Source: Ethiopian News March 03, 2017 13:30 UTC