Many Ethiopians are looking forward to finally getting connected to the national electricity grid once the country's new mega-dam becomes fully operational. Ethiopia's controversial Grand Renaissance ...
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is nearly finished, and it's already rewriting the rules of power, water, and sovereignty across northeastern Africa. With Egypt's water supply on the line and no ...
The construction site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Guba, Ethiopia, Nov. 24, 2017 (Photo by Gioia Forster for dpa via AP Images). Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian ...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — With great fanfare Ethiopia inaugurated its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Tuesday – the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa but one that's divided the region ...
Johannesburg — Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile is scheduled to open Tuesday to major fanfare in Ethiopia. The $5 billion dam project ...
The activation in Ethiopia this week of Africa's largest hydro-electric dam, reminds us of the continent's unfinished business with the outside world. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) is ...