The project dams the Blue Nile, a river which later flows into ... Of course, there’s nothing physically stopping the Ethiopian dam from simply holding as much water as is desired and using ...

The Nile River is the backbone of life for millions of people across Northeast Africa, but its waters have long been a source ...

scored an exclusive interview with the Ethiopia’s foreign minister on the controversial dam the country is building on the Blue Nile, the main tributary to the Nile River. The project has caused ...

Updated Oct. 15 at 1:29 p.m. A colossal dam is near completion on Ethiopia’s stretch of the Nile, a project so large that it promises to set the country on a path to industrialization that could ...

However, the project has been a point of contention among Nile Basin countries. While Ethiopia views the dam as essential to its development goals and middle-income aspirations, Egypt and Sudan ...

The project dams the Blue Nile, a river which later flows into ... Continue reading “Solar And Wind Could Help Support Ethiopia’s Grand Dam Project” → ...

The belief in Egypt is that Ethiopia is being used by Israel and other powers to undermine Egypt and bring it down to its ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD ... Abiy's government says the project is key to its economic development, but Egypt and Sudan depend on the waters of the Nile and have worried it ...

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Ethiopian authorities have appealed for more funding to complete the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a project launched 14 years ago to help solve the country's acute power problems.

Egypt, a downstream country of the Nile River, has been critical of the mega dam since Ethiopia's $4 billion (€3.6 billion) construction project began in 2011. "Egypt heavily depends on Nile ...