On Tuesday, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed formally launched the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, hailing it as "the greatest achievement in the history of the Black race".
Africa’s largest hydro-electric dam will help electrify the country as well as provide power to the region.
The dam’s construction on a Nile tributary, which provides most of that great river’s water, was controversial with downstream countries. Diplomatic tension with Egypt cranked up and there was even talk of conflict.
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