They claimed adverse effects on their Nile water rights and interests. Cairo however has warned that Ethiopia will not be able to unilaterally fill the dam without consequences. Ethiopia said on Tuesday that the first phase was already achieved because of good rainfall during the rainy season in the Horn of Africa country and the dam is overflowing. In addition to Kenya, White Nile riparian countries like Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda support Ethiopia’s right to build the dam. (Sources: MiddleEastOnline, Sudan News Agency, The East African, BBC, Aljazeera, The Conversation, Anadolu Agency, International Crisis Group, Radio Dabanga).

Source: Ethiopian News August 26, 2020 12:40 UTC