Ethiopia’s state media is reporting that the second phase of filling of the country’s controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is nearly complete.
The issue has raised tensions with Ethiopia’s neighbours, Egypt and Sudan.
They want a binding agreement over the dam’s operations and have approached the United Nations Security Council to intervene.
Ethiopia says the project is essential to its development, but Cairo and Khartoum fear it could restrict their water access.
Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi joins us live from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, for the latest updates.
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Congratulations for all Africa its the sign of victory for all our Africans 👏 Ethiopia pls keep doing to finished the GARD and be the sample of For all Africa
America is standing with Egypt and the Almighty God, who created all, is standing with Ethiopia!! Praise the Lord!!! Hallelujah!!!!
I fee like we should be 🤫 and fill it! the only way other countries are finding out is because we’re talking about..let’s keep it on the hush guys 💚💛❤
👉 – ETHIOPIA is helping SOUTH SUDAN & SUDAN from the floods that are HAPPENING Right NOW I Write this.
I Really don’t Understand WHY SUDAN is Saying that they will be Affected while Right now Most of SOUTH SUDAN Houses and Farms are FLOODED WITH WATER and they are Suffering. Their HOUSES are ALL Under Water.👈
👉 So my QUESTION IS: Why is SUDAN following what EGYPT is COMPLAINING about while their SOUTH SUDAN AND SUDAN PEOPLE are CRYING because of FLOODS. WHY? EH?👈
👉 WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?👈
I think Cairo is simply prepared to deal with this, with latest fleet of Rafales and F-16s to bomb it fully.
It’s time for ethiopa to rise&shine
90% of sudan people with the dam ..but the government follow Egypt policy who don’t want any of African country to develop ..shame of the government of Sudan to stand with Egyptian
Aljazeera now gets a real unbeased journalist…👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Egypt has to stop denying the truth how this dam is very important for both
Dear Catherine, we thank you so much for reporting the truth. Keep it up!!
Hands off USA and European Union we are fade up living in poverty and stop supporting the teriorist mafia group of TPLF who robbed the country’s wealth from poor and vulnerable people.
It’sMyDam
Congratulations my peoples God bless Ethiopia
Glory to God
The Nile Dam is our pride for us Ethiopians. And it is also the Adwa of this generation
We have a plan to build more dams on Nile in the near future. Shut up!!!!!
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Great work ilove this bank account 1000203131438 and already transferred 1000birr to it
Is it commercial bank?
Yes itis
The SECOND filling has FAILED to protect the Gred from being pumbed by the egyptian air forces.. So what the big fuss is all about idiots?
Lol
Only seven Billions of cubic Meters of water will not prevent US EGYPTIANS to destroy it.. So wait and see 👍🤣
Do it and u will be underwater
@Biruk Belayneh lol 🤣🤣🤣
U live in a misery.. I feel sorry and puty for you.. Stay in poverty and dark.. Idiots.
This dam is the powers of African politics yes we did it again!
People in Egypt will suffer because the Nile is their main source of water and irrigation.
Ethiopia💪🇪🇹 Eritrea 🇪🇷💪
This the starting of African prosperity.
Keep going abiy Ahmed
Bravo Ethiopia! I would like to say congratulations to all Ethiopian as well as African. By the way I love CATHERINE.
Every country effected should join together, and bomb that dam to pieces.
No, they should negotiate a good deal.
We are winning!!! AND we continue to do so!!!
Muslim brothers and sisters Enqane Beselam Aderachiu!!!
Its may dam
I have been following the GERD issue for some time,Ethiopia has completed the 2nd filling yet Sudan nd Egypt are yet to report any disturbance in their water flows,i now fail to understand the problem Egypt nd Sudan is raising,
Congratulations to all Ethiopian and mama Africa
Its my dam….yesssssss
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What do you mean nearly completed.the mission is complet💪🇪🇹🇪🇹🙏🙏👏👏👏
Congratulations my Ethiopia people. We keep going to do African proud. African problems African solutions . World could know Africa and some other poor countries are technically under EU and America influence.
ethiopian dam abay doesn’t produce more than 13 mw, but eygypt produce 59000 mega bite electric power every year so why eygypt has complex?
100 dam will come soon
Al Jazeera reports that you are angry
According to research there will be fight for water in 2030-2035 all over the world
Ethiopia shall lead the path to prosperity and freedom not just for herself but for the entire African.
if egypt is ready to make any abinding agreement about assuwan dam, we are ready to do it, concerning our country wealth we dont need and we thanks! Egypt and sudan remains in your country and ocupay your own buseness. the list thing we need is a conflict with thouese arab oriented people. we are christians, we are undeafetable.
Congratulations dear mom😘😘
Alhamdulilah ….if ur on truth side Allah is with ur side Congratulations Ethiopia
Thumps up Ethiopia African matter dealt with Africans.
እግዚአብሄር ይመስገን ስማችን በአለም መነጋገሪያ ሆነችልን አገራችን
Africans stand with Ethiopia
I was trying to get Egyptian comments but I can’t. I’m proudly say this is time for Africa as well Ethiopia. We are One.
Cancel Facebook they lie to the world.
ናይል አትበሉ አባይ የሚለውን ስም ማወቅ አለባቸው። እነሱ በሰጡት ስም ስንጠራው ጊዜ የነሱ ብቻ የመሰላቸው። አባይ ወንዝ ነው እኛ ምናውቅ።
And there is no water shortage in egypt and Sudan…
Ethiopians and Ethiopia has the right to use its natural resources
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Congra momma Ethiopia
ግድቡ የኔነው እንኳን ደስስስስስ አለሽ ሀገሬ ኢትዮጵያዬ ውድድ ክብር አደርግሻለው ኢትዮጵያሀገሬ ለዘላለም ትኑር 💚💛❤️💚💛❤️💚💛❤️🇨🇬🇪🇷🇨🇬🇪🇷🇨🇬🇨🇬🇪🇷🇨🇬🇨🇬🇪🇷
But what is egypt concerned, the water is flowing toward egypt.
History never forget this!
It’s Ethiopia’s dam, it’s their property, that’s just the bottom line. Bless up from Jamaica 🇯🇲 🇪🇹
Egiycian and Sudanese advocating for colonial era treaty which Ethiopia has never been represented. Above all Ethiopia is contributing 85% of water to nail but had never been used from this rever. So time has come to use as Egypt and Sudan. Simple that equal use of common resource.
No nearly, it’s completed stop fake news
So is Egypt’s saber rattling much ado about nothing?
Congratulation Ethiopian!!!! now, we see the light at the end of the tunnel🙏.
I don’t understand why Egypt and Sudan the go this far Ethiopia build just a dam for development not a nuclur facility’s.
It’s my Dam..Thank God…..Eleleleleleleleeee..❤🇪🇹
Egypt and sudan their problems in not the water but our soil No more soil ha ha ha
F**k Egypt and Sudan …. You don’t know our history… No body ever told us what to do …. We are our own boss . We will keep filling this dam forever and ever period !!!
Why is Al Jazeera raising the word conflict after the dam is complete and the water is flowing at full capacity? We will not forget the position you chose to take at such a joyful and momentous occasion.
This seems foolish as filling a dam is a one time event. After that water must flow out in order for the dam not to overflow. Water will continue to go into countries downstream. There is no choice. Where is the problem?
there is an agreement made previously go get your information right
Our p/m D/r Abiy Ahimed is HERO for Ethiopian people with GOD all things are possible.
Here is the Pragmatic Approach :
OK let’s say Ethiopia did 2 fillings single handedly.. And will even do the 3rd.. Well.. so what???
The world should be happy for this major success.
Here are the evaluating points:
1. It was NOT wging war or distraction of any sort. It has acted purely within its boundaries.
2. We want to see the real benifits as they have claimed.. In must reach 1st to ALL of Ethiopias citizens.
This in retrospect will give legitimacy to the project.
Ethiopia does NOT have to answer to anyone except its own nation.. This will come in form of uprooting poverty, and a better quality of life for every one there.
My best wishes 👍🏻
ሀገሬ ኢትዮጵያ ሰላምሽ ይብዛ 💚💛❤️ 💚💛❤️ 💚💛❤️ 💚💛❤️ 💛❤️ 💚💛❤️
Now it is a time for Africa the motherland of all black people in the world
ኢትዮጵያ ለ አፍሪካ ብርሃን ነች። We are ETHIOPIAN we never ever break
We will not forget how we are being treated in the Gulf countries like Saudi, for just looking like “habesha”, over the dam! Anything for the motherland!
Why only talk about Building dam to generate power Ethiopia should irrigate to produce agricultural productions. And water for Ethiopian’s to drink and mass production of bottled waters to the world market. Why not it’s your resources. Use it wisely.
I don’t thrust Abiy Ahmed keeping Ethiopia interests.he has secret meetings with Egypt.also amahara farmers already migrated to main cities so they don’t have access to farming.the income from hydroelectric power is directly applied to oromia State.
Thanks for real and balanced News
We do not submit to anyone but Allah, but I think it is better not to try to force it.
Although Ethiopia is economically poor, it is not mentally poor, so shut up, all Western TPLF supporters.
Your job is not to support African countries, but to push or shove.
Just finish it and solve the local problem. Ignore the noise of the who ignore the problem of Ethiopia.
Go Ethiopia. This dream was 600 years ago. It is time to finish it. Just GO DO IT.
This is not only for Ethiopia but for Africa.
Will this impact other countries along the Nile?
Will this have an impact on other countries along the Nile?
It’s completed not nearly completed & we thank God for that.
I support Ethiopia 🇪🇹 from Somaliland
I love you ethiopha
its already completed. what the f,,,, you mean nearly. Got your facts.
Kkkkk
Egypt shall conduct binding agreements with arab league , Egypt is not An African
Thank you Mrs Catrien ….well said and perfect!!!!!
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Its My Dam
Powerful Ethiopia, home of Lalibela . Why the controversial dam? The dam filling which doesn’t affect Egypt and Sudan is to help alleviate poverty in Ethiopia and spur Economic development.
God Speed.
God help those who help themselves.blessed Ethiopia.
Mashallah alhamdulilah god 🙌🙏bless my land Ethiopia 🇪🇹🙏❤
Always truth prevails….whatever the biasedness spread all over the world about Ethiopia. We are having the truth that will shine through time.
Yes we wont our dam and enough for all neighbour country we living all the time with out light and our mother suffering no one bother for Ethiopia where is human wright Ethiopian we don’t understand way all concerning just Ethiopian dam its very funny no one like to solve problem dam is filling in winter time it is not harm any neighbour country even they should helping each other and mack peace
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