Ah so Aden Adde wasn't just all "I handed over power peacefully" interesting.Project ended up costing around 50M USD from what I can find with alot of help from Chinese. At first USSR was helping with project but guessing war with ethiopa and fractured relations they pulled out . The project was initially conceptualized in early 60's with President Aden and PM Sharmake. The project had alot of issues meeting goals due to river flow shortages some years. This is another reason bardheere dam was so critical to ensure reliable irrigation and water through reservoir
Couldn't find any images of the dam so if you guys have it please share . At one time project had 415 chinese staff on site
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