ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia says it has thwarted a planned attack by an Eritrea-backed group on its massive dam project, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Deputy government spokesman Zadig Abraha told the state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate on Wednesday evening that 20 members of the armed group were "completely annihilated" earlier this week. The spokesman says the other members escaped to Sudan, which then handed them over. Ethiopia's dam project is about halfway complete and has been a source of regional tension. Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea have a long history of border disputes.

Source: Ethiopian News March 01, 2017 21:13 UTC