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Ethiopia turns on the turbines at giant Nile hydropower plant

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as it began producing electricity from its mega-dam on the Blue Nile in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, February 19, 2022. [Reuters, Stringer]

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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