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Ethiopia launches Africa's biggest dam

Ethiopia is inaugurating Africa's largest hydroelectric project today. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, on the Blue Nile, cost five billion dollars.

Africa's largest hydroelectric project is being inaugurated in Ethiopia today. The scheme has long been opposed by Egypt and Sudan, who say the dam threatens their water supplies. In Egypt, there have even been calls for war over the project. We'll speak to Ethiopia's ambassador to the United Nations.

What next for French politics? With the government effectively collapsed, President Emmanuel Macron now has very few options that he will like the look of, as he faces the task of choosing a third prime minister in a year. We'll hear from an activist of the right wing Rassemblement National.

And with more people killed in the Middle East over the past 24 hours, we'll speak to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

(Photo: Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam, 26 September 2019; Credit: Reuters)

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