Addis Ababa: Ethiopia officially inaugurated the $5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the largest in Africa, marking a milestone in the country’s decade-long quest for energy ...

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 ...

The rainy season is starting in East Africa, triggering fears that the reservoir of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam could be overfilled and that last year’s floods in Egypt and Sudan may be ...

Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty blamed a lack of coordination over Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) for the severe flooding in Sudan.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Environmental systems scientist at the University of Delaware. Yet the advent of GERD could also not have been possible without ...

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 ...

Ethiopia says dam will provide power to country and region Egypt says the startup violates international law Trump tried to broker deal over project during first term Many Ethiopians not yet on the ...

CAIRO - Egyptians are again bitter with Ethiopia after the bruising battle over the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), which is being done on the Blue Nile, with Cairo arguing that the ...

Addis Ababa, May 31, 2026 --The past eight years in Ethiopia have been defined by a complex reality marked by sweeping institutional reforms, major infrastructure achievements, and far-reaching ...