Ethiopia Inaugurates Grand Renaissance Dam Amid Regional Tensions Over Nile Waters Report By Mellisa Sithole

Ethiopia has officially inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), now the continent’s largest hydropower plant by generation capacity. The roller-compacted concrete gravity dam is situated on the Blue Nile in the Benishangul-Gumuz region near the Sudanese border. However Sudan and Egypt, who rely heavily on the Nile for water supplies, have expressed fears that the dam will threaten their water security and even breach international law. Their leaders did not attend the inauguration of the dam. Mellisa Sithole has more.