Workers are seen walking at the site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba, Ethiopia, on February 19, 2022. At a ceremony on the imposing dam in February last year, Abiy ceremoniously activated the first of its turbines, which began generating power. Ethiopia's massive hydro-electric dam project began producing electricity last year after more than a decade since construction work first started. Proponents of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam argue that it could stop the destructive cycle of floods and droughts caused by the seasonal variations in the flow of the Nile in both Egypt and Sudan. A general view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Guba in Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News April 26, 2023 21:44 UTC