© EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP/AFP via Getty Images A general view of the construction works at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, on December 26, 2019. - The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a 145-metre-high, 1.8-kilometre-long concrete colossus is set to become the largest hydropower plant in Africa. Yet as thousands of workers toil day and night to finish the project, Ethiopian negotiators remain locked in talks over how the dam will affect downstream neighbours, principally Egypt. However, Egypt and Ethopia, in separate statements, blamed Sudanese objections to the framework for the talks for the new impasse. Egypt, which gets more than 90% of its scarce fresh water from the Nile, fears the dam could devastate its economy.

Source: Ethiopian News January 10, 2021 17:48 UTC