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France 24

Ethiopia expands hydropower ambitions

One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Ethiopia is looking to position itself as an African leader in clean energy, as it prepares to host next year’s COP32 climate summit. Alongside the GERD, the country is building another massive hydropower project on the Omo River in the southwest, as it expands electricity production and exports power to neighbouring countries. This report from our correspondent Tom Canetti.

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