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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Samuel Getachew

Ethiopia says a controversial power dam on the Nile that's opposed by Egypt has been completed

Ethiopia-Nile-Dam - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Ethiopia’s prime minister said Thursday that his country’s controversial power dam on the Nile has been completed.

Egypt has long opposed the dam because of concerns it would deplete its share of Nile River waters. Egypt has referred to the dam, known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, as an existential threat because the Arab world’s most populous country relies almost entirely on the Nile to supply water for agriculture and its more than 100 million people.

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