Addis Ababa: Ethiopia said Friday it has completed the third filling of its mega-dam on the Blue Nile, a development that could raise further tensions with downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan. “Today as you see behind me, the third filling is complete,” Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in images shown on state television from the dam site. The process of filling the GERD’s vast reservoir, which has a total capacity of 74 billion cubic metres, began in 2020. “Compared to last year, we have reached 600 metres which is 25 metres higher than the previous filling,” Abiy said Friday. The 145-metre (475-foot) high structure straddles the Blue Nile in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of western Ethiopia, near the border with Sudan.

Source: Ethiopian News August 13, 2022 04:13 UTC