Sudan inaugurates Upper Atbara and Setait Dam

Sudan launched its first Upper Atbara and Setait Dam electricity project on Thursday, Xinhua News Agency reported. The project was jointly built by China Three Gorges Corporation and China International Water and Electric Corporation.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir spoke highly of the Chinese companies’ performance during the construction of the project at the inaugural ceremony.

The project will cover 5,000 square kilometers of irrigated area, and provide 7 million people with irrigation water. In addition, it can provide 3 million people with drinking water and more than 1 million people with electricity, benefitting about one third of the country's population.