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Ethiopia ’s prime minister said Thursday that a controversial power dam on the Nile is now complete, a major milestone for ...
After 14 years of relentless struggle by the government and the people of Ethiopia, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is now reaching its final stage of getting inaugurated and becoming a ...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on Thursday that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will be officially inaugurated this September, hailing the massive hydropower project as a ...
Egypt says that Ethiopia has consistently lacked the political will to reach a binding agreement on its now-complete dam.
Ethiopia has announced on July 3, the completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a $4 billion hydropower ...
Egypt, which relies on the Nile for over 98 percent of its water needs, considers the dam an existential threat to its water security. Cairo fears that filling and operating the dam without a binding ...
Egypt said the latest talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) had failed but it would monitor the process of filling and operating the dam. “Egypt reserves its right, in accordance ...
Egypt said the latest talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) had failed but it would monitor the process of filling and operating the dam.
Ethiopia and Egypt say the latest round of yearslong negotiations to find an agreement over a highly contentious hydroelectric dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile river's main tributary have ...
Egypt and Sudan fear the massive $4.2 billion dam will severely reduce the share of Nile water they receive and had repeatedly asked Addis Ababa to stop filling it until an agreement was reached.
Egypt is also concerned that in times of drought, Ethiopia might fill the reservoir behind its dam with water, to increase its generating capacity, instead of letting it flow downstream.