Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Updated Oct. 15 at 1:29 p.m. A colossal dam is near completion on ...

Egypt’s historical rights to the Nile River make this unresolved diplomatic standoff over water rights a critical obstacle. Ethiopia’s dam construction challenged Egeypt’s dominance by ...

The GERD is crucial to Ethiopia, which contributes at least 85 per cent of the Nile’s waters. This makes the dam vital for its economic development. Egypt’s reliance on outdated agreements ...

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To gain the upper hand in the dam dispute, Egypt has, over the past 10 years, pursued stronger ties with Ethiopia's neighbouring countries and other nations in the Nile basin. Cairo has provided ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have held more than 10 rounds of talks over the past two years as Egypt seeks assurances that the hydroelectric dam will not reduce its share of Nile water. Tripartite ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is not just a national project for Ethiopia--it has broader implications for the ...

Ethiopian PM Abiy Rules Out War With Eritrea, Calls Red Sea Access Crucial | Firstpost Africa | N18G The Ethiopian leader ...

Recently Water Ministers, diplomats and journalists from the Nile Basin countries ... viability and so of the dam. For instance, Egypt today said Ethiopia built the dam in breach of international ...

Ethiopia's leader said Thursday that a contentious multi-billion-dollar mega-dam on the Blue Nile will be inaugurated "in the next six months".