Ethiopia started concrete construction on the body of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in April, ahead of the third filling of the dam’s reservoir slated for July, amid the continued stalled negotiations with Egypt and Sudan.
On April 25, Egyptian media reports quoted unnamed sources and circulated satellite images as confirming that Addis Ababa started to elevate the middle corridor of the dam that is being built on the Blue Nile, after it drained this corridor in March to prepare it for new constructions.
