#project-funding

#project-funding

Reported deaths include engineers and workers, security forces, drivers and residents who contributed to or supported the project in various ways. Former GERD chief project manager Simegnew Bekele stands out as one of the prominent figures who died under unclear circumstances, with speculation that he may have been assassinated in connection with the dam construction in July 2018. Simegnew was found with a bullet wound in his car in central Addis Ababa.