Mauritania
AfDB grants $30 million facility to Mauritania’s GBM
The African Development Bank Group has approved a $30 million trade finance facility for the Générale de Banque de Mauritanie
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday that a multi-billion-dollar mega-dam on the Blue Nile that has long worried neighboring countries is complete and will be officially inaugurated in September, according to the AFP. Speaking in parliament, Abiy said GERD "is now complete, and we are preparing for its official inauguration”. “To our neighbors downstream – Egypt and Sudan – our message is clear: the Renaissance Dam is not a threat, but a shared opportunity," he added. “The energy and development it will generate stand to uplift not just Ethiopia."
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AfDB grants $30 million facility to Mauritania’s GBM
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