Ethiopia switches on lights to economic development
First phase of multi-billion-dollar hydropower plant is on line, with the country seeking to allay neighbours’ fears
20 February 2022 - 19:35
Ethiopia began producing electricity on Sunday from its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd), a multi-billion-dollar hydropower plant on the River Nile that neighbours Sudan and Egypt have worried will cause water shortages downstream...
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