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Second filling of Ethiopia's giant dam nearly complete: state-run media

FILE PHOTO: Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam is seen as it undergoes construction work on the river Nile in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

The second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be completed within minutes, the state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Monday.

The $4 billion hydropower dam on the Blue Nile has stoked concerns over water shortages and water safety in Egypt and Sudan, which also depend on the Nile's waters.

(Reporting by Dawit Endeshaw; Writing by Katharine Houreld; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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