Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed says mega dam GERD on the Nile ‘now complete’
Al JazeeraJUL 6
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Egypt faces an existential crisis as the dam threatens to reduce water flows from the Nile River, which provides over 90 percent of the country's freshwater needs for 110 million people. Despite years of diplomatic efforts and maximum flexibility in negotiations, Ethiopia continues to act unilaterally and reject legally binding agreements on dam operations.