Ethiopia has\u00a0officially\u00a0inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, a\u00a0project\u00a0expected to generate over 5,000 megawatts of electricity, doubling the country’s output and boosting exports to neighbouring nations.<\/p>\n
Construction, which began in 2011, has raised concerns in Egypt and Sudan over potential downstream water shortages and the absence of binding management agreements.\u00a0Tensions remain high with Egypt describing the development as a security risk, arguing that it could lead to drought downstream.\u00a0Reports have\u00a0indicated\u00a0that the waters of Sudan’s Blue Nile had receded to unprecedented levels after Ethiopia completed the filling of the GERD. Egypt and Sudan’s greatest fear is that in the case of a drought, the Ethiopians will not release the necessary volume of water stored by this dam.<\/p>\n
However,\u00a0Ethiopia\u00a0insists that the towering\u00a0dam\u00a0will not only benefit its more than 100 million people, but also its neighbours, and describes it as an opportunity for the country to become Africa’s leading electricity exporter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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