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Ethiopa fills Blue Nile mega-dam, stoking tensions with Sudan, Egypt

Ethiopia is on the verge of producing electricity from a massive new dam on the Blue Nile, but control of the river has created tensions downstream with Egypt and Sudan, which both depend on its abundant waters. (Tiksa Negeri/Reuters)