“It is with great pleasure that I announce the successful completion of the fourth and final filling of the Renaissance Dam. Ethiopians have helped us by working together. Congratulations to all who ...

ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian will delay filling the controversial Grand Renaissance Dam along the Blue Nile, stakeholders agreed on Friday, in a move that effectively ended a standoff that had almost ...

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 — 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 ...

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 ...

Work started on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011. In contrast to most infrastructure projects on the continent, the hydroelectric project was financed domestically – including the ...

A defiant material that may lead to the eruption of a new water war across Africa, Africa has witnessed the opening of the largest hydro dam in the continent with a grand event that may precipitate ...