Coronavirus vaccine could be developed by the end of the year. Egypt has demanded urgent clarification from ethiopia over whether it started filling a mega dam on the river nile. Ethiopian state media has announced reservoirs are being filled. The controversial project will transform the lives of millions, but control over its waters has led to nearly a decade of contentious negotiations. A final deal has not been reached. Ethiopia is the source of the blue nile, which flows through sudan and merges with the white nile through egypt. At full capacity, the dam, the size of london, will be able to hold 74 billion cubic meters of water. Hydropower will turn on the lights for 70 of ethiopians who currently have no electricity. Egypt relies on the nile for 90 of its water for a population of 100 million. More on how the dam divided the region before it was even completed. Reporter it has taken 10 years to build and cost close to 5 billion. Ethiopias flagship Infrastructure Project is a grea
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World cup womanizers release a schedule for the qatar 2022 tournaments for the 1st time before matches a day in the group stages. Thank you for joining us our top story egypt says its seeking urgent clarification from ethiopia about whether it started to feel the reservoir of africas largest dam on the blue nile if european state television reported early on wednesday at the filling of the grand renaissance dam had begun the 5000000000. 00 project is a centerpiece of ethiopias bid to become africas biggest power exporter age of 10 so don fear reduced Water Supplies downstream and didnt want the river downed until they reach an agreement with the last month egypts told the u. N. That it faces an existential threat from the da cha stratford reports on the complex regional politics surrounding the project. Its taken 10 years to build and cost close to 5000000000. 00 ethiopias flagship Infrastructure Project is a great source of national pride. But a grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the