Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday that a controversial multi-billion-dollar mega-dam on the Blue Nile was now complete. Abiy told lawmakers that the dam would be inaugurated in September.

Ethiopia says it has completed building a mega-dam on the Blue Nile that has long been a source of tension with Egypt and Sudan. Launched in 2011 with a $4bn (£2.9bn) budget, the dam is Africa's biggest hydro-electric plant,

Ethiopia’s Nile dam was completed without agreement, sparking regional tensions as Egypt and Sudan raise water security concerns.