Grand Renaissance Dam attack thwarted

Ethiopia says it has thwarted a planned attack by an Eritrean-backed group on its vast Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project. Security forces killed 13 and captured seven of the alleged attackers, who were from an Eritrean rebel group, government-affiliated website Fana Broadcasting Corporation reports . The rebel group, from the Benishangul Gumuz ethnic minority, operates […]

Ethiopia says it has thwarted a planned attack by an Eritrean-backed group on its vast Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project. Security forces killed 13 and captured seven of the alleged attackers, who were from an Eritrean rebel group, government-affiliated website Fana Broadcasting Corporation reports . The rebel group, from the Benishangul Gumuz ethnic minority, operates close to the border with Sudan in the western Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, where the dam is under construction, Fana adds. 
Meanwhile, Eritrea has rejected reports that it was behind a foiled plot to attack the dam.  “This whole accusation is preposterous and peddled for some sinister reason,” Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel said in a message sent via Twitter.