Addis Ababa’s announcement of the completion of the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is false, according to the Advisor to Al-Ahram Center for Sudan and Nile Basin Affairs, Hany Raslan. Meanwhile, Abiy Ahmed congratulated his people on the completion of the second filling of the Renaissance Dam reservoir, amid great tension between Addis Ababa and downstream countries Egypt and Sudan. Ahmed published new pictures of the dam on Twitter, after the second filling had completed. Cairo and Khartoum strongly objected the second filling in the absence of a binding legal agreement between the three countries, who have been negotiating the issue for years. Addis Ababa carried out the first filling of GERD in July 2020, according to what Ahmed’s office announced at the time.

Source: Egypt Independent July 21, 2021 13:07 UTC