Ethiopia says UN role in Nile dam row 'unhelpful'

Nairobi (AFP) July 13, 2021

Ethiopia on Tuesday blasted as "unhelpful" the intervention of the United Nations in a long-running dispute over its controversial Nile River mega-dam. The huge dam, set to be Africa's largest hydroelectric project when completed, has sparked an almost decade-long diplomatic row between Addis Ababa and downstream nations Egypt and Sudan. Ethiopia says the project is essential to its dev