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Controversial Ethiopia dam project could generate electricity by June

A much-delayed $1.8 billion (Sh163 billion) dam project under construction along Ethiopia’s Omo River could begin generating power by June and be fully operational by early 2016, an official said on Thursday.

Gilgel Gibe 3, will nearly double the country’s energy output, helping to resolve chronic power outages and sustain a booming economy.

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