Intel: Ethiopia says second filling of Nile dam complete

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
The Blue Nile River passes through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Guba on Dec. 26, 2019. Ethiopia said the second filling of the dam had been completed on July 19, 2021. - EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images
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Al-Monitor Staff

Ethiopia’s government said Monday that it had completed the second filling of the reservoir of its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile River.

“The second filling of the Renaissance dam has been completed and the water is overflowing," Ethiopia’s Water, Irrigation and Energy Minister Seleshi Bekele tweeted.

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