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 ...

The Ethiopian authorities released this picture of the dam last week after the completion of the fifth phase of filling Ethiopia has said Egypt “must abandon its aggressive approach” towards a ...

Egypt’s historical rights to the Nile River make this unresolved diplomatic standoff over water rights a critical obstacle.

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the Nile will have two of the world’s largest dams—the High Aswan Dam (HAD) and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)—in two different countries (Egypt and Ethiopia). There is not yet agreement ...

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 Egypt’s reliance on outdated agreements ...

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Egypt on Tuesday expressed interest in resuming negotiations with Ethiopia to reach an agreement on a major dam project being built by Addis Ababa on the Blue Nile, a main tributary of the Nile River.

scored an exclusive interview with the Ethiopia’s foreign minister on the controversial dam the country is building on the Blue Nile, the main tributary to the Nile River. The project has caused ...

The belief in Egypt is that Ethiopia is being used by Israel and other powers to undermine the Arab world's most populous ...

As the filling of Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD, approaches its final phase, regional tensions are also reaching a high-water mark. Egypt, a downstream country of the Nile ...

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan remained deadlocked after two days of talks in their disputes over a giant hydropower dam on the Nile though Cairo said it hoped the issues would be resolved by January ...