Ethiopia has finished with the construction of mega-Yam, says Abius Ahmed

Ethiopia says she has completed the construction of a mega-power of the Blue Nile, which has long been a source of tension with Egypt and Sudan.

Launched in 2011 with a $ 4 billion budget ($ 2.9 billion), the dam is the largest hydroelectric plant in Africa and a major source of pride for Ethiopians.

Ethiopia sees the dam as vital to meet his energy needs, but Egypt and Sudan believe that he threatens their water supply from the Nile.

In a statement announced the completion of the project, Prime Minister Abius Ahmed tried to calm his neighbors. “For our neighbors down the stream – Egypt and Sudan – our message is clear: the Renaissance dam is not a threat but a shared opportunity,” he said.

US President Donald Trump said in 2020 that Egypt had threatened to “blow up” the dam – officially known as the great Ethiopian Renaissance dam (GERB).

In a reconounced move, Abius said that both Egypt and Sudan would be invited to his official intervention in September.

“We believe in shared progress, shared energy and shared water,” he said.

Egypt President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and Sudan’s military chief Fatah al-Burhan met earlier this week and “emphasized the rejection of any one-sided measures in the Blue Nile pool,” AFP News Agency reports.

More than a mile long and 145 m high, the dam is on the blue influx of the Nile in the northern part of Ethiopia, from where 85% of the Nile waters flow.

Ethiopia wants the dam to produce a desperately needed electricity, since the greater part of its population – about 60% – no delivery.

Egypt relies on the Nile River for almost all its fresh water and is afraid that the flow of water may be disturbed.

He claims that only a 2% reduction in the amount of water he receives from the Nile can lead to a loss of 200,000 acres of irrigation land.

Sudan also relies heavily on Nile water and shares Egypt’s concerns.

Abius said Ethiopia was “ready to engage constructively” with both sides.

However, previous conversations failed to resolve the differences.