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Ethiopia to Start Generating Electricity From Nile Dam Sunday

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
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
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Ethiopia to Start Generating Electricity From Nile Dam Sunday

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
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

Ethiopia will start generating electricity from its controversial dam on the river Nile on Sunday, government officials told AFP.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), set to be the largest hydroelectric project in Africa, has been at the center of a regional dispute ever since Ethiopia broke ground in 2011.

"Tomorrow will be the first energy generation of the dam," an Ethiopian government official said on Saturday.

A second official confirmed the information. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because the milestone has not been officially announced.

Egypt and Sudan view the dam as a threat because of their dependence on Nile waters, while Ethiopia deems it essential for its electrification and development.

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US Says it Struck ISIS Group in Syria

File photo: US airmen are shown at the Kobani Landing Zone in northern Syria, October 25, 2019. Staff Sgt. Joshua Hammock, AP
File photo: US airmen are shown at the Kobani Landing Zone in northern Syria, October 25, 2019. Staff Sgt. Joshua Hammock, AP
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US Says it Struck ISIS Group in Syria

File photo: US airmen are shown at the Kobani Landing Zone in northern Syria, October 25, 2019. Staff Sgt. Joshua Hammock, AP
File photo: US airmen are shown at the Kobani Landing Zone in northern Syria, October 25, 2019. Staff Sgt. Joshua Hammock, AP

The Pentagon says US Central Command forces have killed two operatives for the ISIS militant group in an airstrike in Syria.
The US military said the airstrike Monday in Deir Ezzour Province was aimed at ISIS militants who were moving a truckload of weapons, which was destroyed. Another ISIS operative was wounded, The Associated Press said.
Central Command said the area was formerly controlled by former President Bashar Assad’s regime and its Russian supporters. Assad fled to Moscow after opposition forces seized control of Damascus earlier this month and ended his family’s 50 years of iron rule.