The Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD), which is the largest hydropower injector on the African continent, would drive integrated growth in the region and extend it to other parts of Africa, ...

After 14 years of financial and diplomatic struggles, Ethiopia is celebrating the anniversary of the construction of the ...

Expected to generate over five gigawatts of electricity, the dam promises to transform Ethiopia's energy landscape. However, its construction has been mired in controversy, raising geopolitical ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has stoked intense nationalistic ... Wheeler said, and their construction has barely started. Perched high above the river whose harnessing promises such ...

Any Ethiopian would list many reasons why the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is important for the people of Ethiopia.

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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) was built on the Blue Nile and is Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam. Once completed, the dam aims to power millions of homes, increase economic growth ...

The Office of National Coordination for the Construction of GERD announced ... and Sudan. Ethiopia frequently reiterates that the dam will power its development aspirations and boost its ambition ...

Since Ethiopia announced it would go ahead with construction of the dam in 2011, Cairo has voiced disapproval. At various stages, Egypt has demanded that Ethiopia cease construction, threatened action ...

Egypt’s strategy to block the construction of the GERD is not new. The plan to prevent Ethiopia from building the dam began soon after Ethiopia announced its construction on the Blue Nile in 2011.

Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam is seen as it undergoes construction work on the river Nile in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia September 26, 2019. [Reuters] Egypt's irrigation ...