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Ethiopia launches Africa’s largest hydropower dam, straining ties with Egypt

Ethiopia inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on Tuesday, a $5 billion project aimed at electrifying millions of homes. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has stoked years of tension with downstream Egypt, which fears reduced Nile flows, deepening regional rifts despite Addis Ababa’s assurances on equitable water sharing.

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