WIRE — Addis Ababa, July 28, 2026 (FMC) — Ethiopia's Minister of Water and Energy Engineer Habtamu Itefa said the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has crushed decades-long narratives aimed at blocking Ethiopia's development of Abbay (Blue Nile), stressing that scientific facts and the dam's actual benefits have disproved repeated allegations against the project. In an exclusive
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