Examination of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – its construction, specifications, commissioning and remaining challenges.

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. Ethiopia opened Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on Tuesday, ending Egypt’s majority control of the Nile River. The controversial $5 billion Grand Ethiopian ...

“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 ...

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 ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Ethiopia officially inaugurates Africa's largest hydroelectric dam on Tuesday, a project that will provide energy to millions of Ethiopians while deepening a rift with downstream ...

Sudan has announced the extension of flood warnings along the Nile River. According to officials, this is due to rising and erratic water levels caused by Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ...

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 $4.2 billion dam has been at the centre of a regional dispute ever since Ethiopia broke ground on the project in 2011 - Copyright POOL/AFP/File JEON HEON-KYUN The ...

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 ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday denied claims by President Donald Trump that the country's new mega-dam was funded by the United States. The $4-billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ...