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Ethiopia has started generating 375MW of electricity from the controversial mega-dam that is being built along the Blue Nile dam. The milestone was reached on Sunday morning when one of the 13 turbines of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam started power generation in an event officiated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. “We just started generating power, but that doesn’t mean the project is completed,” said Kifle Horo, the project manager of the dam. “It will take from two and half to three years to complete it.” The dam, which will have a total power generating capacity of 6,500MW, has been a so…