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Ethiopia says completes filling of Nile Renaissance mega-dam

Considered vital by Addis Ababa, the massive $4.2-billion dam has been at the centre of a regional dispute with Egypt ever since Ethiopia broke ground on the project in 2011

The Grand Renaissance Dam. AFP Photo
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced Sunday that Ethiopia has completed the filling of its Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile, a source of regional tensions with downstream Egypt and Sudan. 

"It

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