Ethiopia’s prime minister loves big projects. With a contentious megadam completed on the Nile, Abiy Ahmed is now planning ...

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 ...

Did 15,000 people die during GERD's construction? DW unpacks some key facts about Ethiopia's mega dam, including why Addis Ababa does not recognize the 1959 Nile Water treaty between Egypt and ...

Egypt and Ethiopia reignite tensions over Nile waters as disputes flare over the size of the Grand Renaissance Dam reservoir.

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 ...

STORY: Ethiopia officially inaugurated Africa's largest hydroelectric dam on Tuesday. The project, dubbed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD, aims to provide energy to millions... But widens ...

Ethiopia accused Egypt of driving up tensions in their long-running dispute over the Nile River by rejecting dialogue and clinging to what it calls outdated claims to control the waterway, in a new ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Fanuse Adete is among those Ethiopians looking forward to finally getting connected to the national electricity grid when the Grand Renaissance Dam, which will be inaugurated ...

Ethiopia has officially opened the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a megaproject under construction for over a decade and a half, and is Africa’s largest hydroelectric power station. A hulking ...