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After decades of work, funding delays and regional pushback, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is inaugurated.
Ethiopia and downstream countries, particularly Egypt, have long-standing dispute over Nile water rights dating back decades ...
On September 7, 2025, history will be made in Addis Ababa as Ethiopia hosts the first in-person Africa-CARICOM Summit, a meeting that not only represents a diplomatic milestone but a profound ...
Reports indicate the waters of the Blue Nile in Sudan have receded to unprecedented levels, disrupting the annual flood ...
It was a theme touched on throughout the second day of ACS2, which saw conversations focused on adaptation and resilience, ...
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 ...
Map of the river Nile locating the Grand Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia. A section of the river has been diverted to complete construction of the huge dam which is worrying downstream countries ...
About the author -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Geography -- Ethiopia as the roof of Africa -- Ethiopia's geophysical mosaic -- Geology -- Ethiopia as a water tower -- Temperature -- ...