Ethiopia prepared to inaugurate Africa's largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday that has promised to revolutionise the ...

In April 2011, Ethiopia began construction of Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile river. The dam is expected to generate more than 6,000 ...

Eritrea’s exclusion from the Pretoria peace deal and Ethiopia’s renewed push for Red Sea access have reopened old wounds.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will be inaugurated this Tuesday. Damming the Blue Nile, which flows from Ethiopia into Sudan and Egypt, creates the largest hydropower plant in Africa, and ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile River — under construction for 14 years — will provide electricity to almost ...

Ethiopia has high hopes for its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which is expected to double the nation's electricity capacity. But the mega dam has long been a source of tension with neighbors Sudan ...

But Ethiopia insists that the towering dam will not only benefit its more than 100 million people, but also its neighbors, ...

Leaders at the time described the moment as both the fulfillment of a mission and the start of a new phase in Uganda’s ...

After outfoxing Egypt on the diplomatic stage for more than a decade, Ethiopia is set to officially inaugurate one of the ...

Just as the Suez Canal and the Aswan High Dam reshaped Egypt’s destiny, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) promises ...

In a matter of days, when the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) begins full operation, it will rise not only as a power station but also as Ethiopia’s ...