Funding calls had gone out since the project was launched in 2011, with the government also issuing bonds to fund construction of the mile-long, 475-foot-high structure. The celebrations in Ethiopia, ...

On the Blue Nile in Ethiopia rises one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in Africa’s history—the Grand Ethiopian ...

Ethiopia is intentionally using mega-projects, such as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), and forthcoming plans for ...

The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights has ruled that Ethiopia violated multiple provisions of the African Charter in its handling of the Gilgel Gibe III dam and Kuraz sugar projects, ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) already stands as one of Ethiopia’s proudest national accomplishments. Financed largely from domestic resources, it ...

On September 9, 2025, the Ethiopian prime minister, Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a ...

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 ...

Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, as the $5bn project continues to sow dismay with downstream neighbours Sudan and Egypt. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has ...

Water-related conflict is among the key concerns for a future marked by rising incidences of droughts, increasing water ...

A much-delayed $1.8 billion (Sh163 billion) dam project under construction along Ethiopia’s Omo River could begin generating power by June and be fully operational by early 2016, an official said on ...

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 ...