Ethiopia has started filling a giant hydroelectric dam it is building on the Blue Nile, its water minister, Seleshi Bekele; is quoted to have said on Wednesday.
Protracted talks with Sudan and Egypt over the structure and its impact on water supply to the two other countries has hit a deadlock.
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam or GERD project is the centrepiece of Ethiopia's bid to become Africa's biggest power exporter.
"The dam filling is now underway in conformity with the normal proce…
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