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They called for the Interior Department, which oversees the dams and management of the river, to “take immediate action.”

State officials defend the Newsom administration’s efforts to help salmon populations recover, include restoring tidelands, removing barriers that block fish migration and reintroducing salmon in traditional spawning areas upstream from dams.

In August two soldiers were killed near the dam and four security agents were killed at the hands of people suspected to be Islamist fighters.

Hundreds were already digging the foundations in tough conditions for what is now Africa's largest hydro-electric dam, straddling the Blue Nile.

Prof Sharaky noted, dismissing Ethiopia's claims that the North African country would not be negatively affected by the dam.