Tanzania on Thursday held the inaugural filling of the Egyptian-built Julius Nyerere dam, with Cairo’s foreign affairs and housing ministers attending the ceremony.
The dam on the Rufiji River in south-east Tanzania, in one of the world’s largest nature reserves, was constructed by Elsewedy Electric, a private company, and the Arab Contractors, a state-owned company.
The Tanzanian government said the project cost $3 billion but estimates put…
