Egypt said it was informed by Ethiopia that the second year of filling had begun. This has happened as the rainy season near the dam site gets under way. In response, Egypt's Irrigation Minister ...
Irrigation and Electricity Minister Sileshi Bekele said Saturday that his country will not stop constructing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) despite Egypt’s protestations, the ...
At the time, the country’s irrigation minister insisted to pro-government media that the measures were unrelated to concerns over the Ethiopia dam. But now, as the dam fills, farmers fear that ...
Ethiopia has been diverting Nile water to fill a vast reservoir behind the dam. Egypt, which lies downstream and depends almost completely on the Nile for its irrigation and drinking water ...
The dam is on the Blue Nile near the Sudan border and Egypt fears it will have a devastating effect on its water and irrigation supply downstream unless Ethiopia takes its needs into account.
(Maxar Technologies via AP) KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) — Sudan said it will hold three-way talks Tuesday with Egypt and Ethiopia on a controversial Nile dam project that U.S. President Donald Trump has ...
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), positioned on the Blue Nile ... While it offers benefits regarding increased hydropower and expanded irrigation, there are significant concerns about ...
as well as irrigation water for agricultural projects and power generation from (Sudan's) Roseires Dam." Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia have been locked in inconclusive talks for nearly a decade over ...
constructing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Upon completion, GERD will become the largest hydropower plant in Africa, providing much needed electricity for the country’s growing ...
constructing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Upon completion, GERD will become the largest hydropower plant in Africa, providing much needed electricity for the country’s growing ...
A third earthquake struck Ethiopia on Sunday with a magnitude of 4.7 on a depth of 10 km, about 570 km from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and approximately 400 km from the eastern border ...