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The controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam begins producing electricity, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attending the inauguration of the dam.
2022-02-20

The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry rejects an Arab League resolution calling for the UN Security Council to intervene in the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on behalf of Egypt and Sudan.
2021-06-16

Ethiopia announces that it will proceed with plans to start generating power from the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in the coming rainy season between June and August. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also says that it will not tolerate "any move that's aimed at disrupting the water filling process, its operation and water releasing scheme".
2021-05-20

Ethiopian state TV reports that mass graves containing 70 bodies have been discovered in the city of Humera in the Tigray Region.
2020-11-29

The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority bans all flights over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
2020-10-5

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meets with the Sudanese leadership in Khartoum to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
2020-08-25

Ethiopia and Egypt meet to work out a disagreement over Ethiopia's diversion of the Nile River to build the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
2013-06-18