The Public Diplomacy Delegation conveys the message to the people of Egypt that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam should be a main element in the…
Year: 2014
Hailemariam Desalegn in Berlin
Ein weiteres Großprojekt: Der Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, ein Staudamm am Blauen Nil. Er soll ab 2017 das Energieproblem des Landes lösen.
Talk Africa: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Talk Africa: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Analysis: Why Ethiopia and Egypt aren’t fighting a water war
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Egypt and Sudan move from denial to acceptance on Daily Maverick. Photo: A fisherman travels on a boat with his...
Diplomacy Lab makes national policy research part of
The CAD team will analyze the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, and the anticipated political, social and economic costs of its completion, particularly...
Ethiopie Un barrage contre la pauvreté
Pas bien grand et terriblement protocolaire, Semegnew Bekele est la voix et le visage du Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd), un projet aussi dingue que...
Ethiopia’s ‘African tiger’ leaps towards middle income
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, an impressive, self-funded hydropower project heralding the country's rebirth, will be the continent's...
The state of internet policy making in Ethiopia
Misplaced opposition to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam · Ethiopian Students Demand End to Police Crackdowns in Rare Protest · Sovrn...
Dam Rising in Ethiopia Stirs Hope and Tension
The main component of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, along the Blue Nile, is more than one-third complete.Credit...Jacey Fortin for The New York...
Ethiopia: 30 years after the famine
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will harness the waterway as the largest hydroelectrical plant on the continent when complete. Cairo is unhappy, fearing...
Perhaps the greatest threat to Ethiopia comes from within
The construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, on the Blue Nile, is potentially combustible politically, as Egypt sees any reduction to its current flow...
Nile basin, Dar es Salaam Ratifies the Agreement of Entebbe
Nilo, contestando la realizzazione da parte del governo di Addis Abeba di una diga sul corso del Nilo Azzurro, la Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd).
Ethiopia: Gerd 8100A SMS Lottery Winners Identified
The SMS through 8100A lottery winners for the construction of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have been identified on Monday. Accordingly...
Ethiopia to Build New Hydropower Plant on Geba River
Out of the projects the nation is carrying out, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Gibe III are the two main hydroelectric projects being carried out with 6,000...
Africa and Belgium Generate the Same Amount of Electricity But That's Changing
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam across the Nile, set to be the biggest dam in Africa when it launches in 2017, will provide the bulk of that with a capacity...
Ethiopia's Millennium Dam: Science and controversy
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, also known as the Millennium Dam, is set to play a pivotal role in the landscape of energy supply in Africa. The dam is...
Do dams destroy rivers?
are under consideration - especially in Ethiopia, which is building Africa's largest hydropower dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile.
Egypt suffers regular blackouts due to worst energy crisis in decades
which is threatened by sea level rise. There is also the 'Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam' that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile upstream from Egypt.
Three International Water Conflicts to Watch
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is expected to be completed sometime in 2017. Turkey-Iraq: Ilisu Dam and the Tigris River. Turkey's newly re-elected...
Why East Africa's Borders Are Blowing Up
But those dams, and the even larger Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Blue Nile, will also enable Ethiopia to earn hard currency by selling power to its...
Ethopia is emerging as a production centre for labour
Africa's largest, the domestically funded Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile -- that should increase Ethiopia's power supply five-fold by 2020.
Ethiopia Becomes China’s China in Global Search for Cheap Labour
Africa's largest, the domestically funded Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile -- that should increase Ethiopia's power supply five- fold by 2020.
Ethiopia: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the
In 2011, the Ethiopian government announced its plan to construct the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile. Acknowledging the difficulty...
Ethiopia's Nile dam project signals its intention to become an African power
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam will provide energy for growing economy but add to Egypt's fears over water security. Global development is supported by.
South Sudan Conflict Destabilizes Ethiopia's Regional Strategy
days a week, 24 hours a day as part of a round-the-clock construction schedule to erect the nearly 560-foot-tall Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Ethiopian Airlines Management and Staff Visit the Grand
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) -. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The fastest growing and most Profitable African Airline, Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to...
Ethiopian Intellectuals' views on the Grand Ethiopian
Ethiopian Intellectuals' views on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Posted on: May 15, 2014 Last updated on: May 15, 2014 Categorized in: News...
Egyptian Spies Captured While Gathering Intelligence on
Spying allegations expose mounting tensions over construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. May 12, 2014. The recent arrest of three Egyptian...
3 Egyptians caught in Gambella, accused of spying
Benshangul-Gumuz near blue Nile is where the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is located. Egypt and Ethiopia have been at odds over the...
Ethiopia: Misplaced opposition to the Grand Ethiopian
Egyptian opposition to the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). We try to triangulate these factors hoping to contribute to the debate...
Misplaced opposition to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Misplaced opposition to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Nile River By Minga Negash, Seid Hassan and Mammo Muchie. The 1929 Nile water allocation...
Ethiopia: Rethinking the Voices of Aswan Dam and GERD
and mythical prophecies of the perils of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) upon the peoples of Egypt have reverberated and resonated over the...
Etiopia ed Egitto divise dalla diga
finora rimasto segreto – della relazione sugli impatti del progetto etiope della diga Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) che l'Egitto contesta da tempo.
No Room for Debate on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam?
No Room for Debate on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam? Thu, 04/17/2014 - 11:06am. By: Lori Pottinger.
Nile dam study fails to stem the tide of Egyptian indignation towards Ethiopia
indignation at the ongoing construction of a blockage on the Nile, thousands of miles upstream: the $4.7bn (£2.8bn) Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam (Gerd)...
Ethiopia: Addis Ababa Light Rail project 60% complete
Ethiopia has several ambitious infrastructure projects across the country from the massive Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam to Ethiopia's first light rail transit in...
South Sudan conflict and Egypt's hydro politics
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project became inescapably a reality for Egypt to contest. Khartoum, the other signatory of the 1959 agreement...
Egyptian Officials Fear Economic, Environmental Loss From Ethiopian Dam Project
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project is intended to be the largest hydro-electric power plant on the continent, generating 6,000 megawatts of...
Grand Designs North Africa: Impact of Ethiopia's Renaissance
For the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, due for completion in 2017, is set to change both the geo and hydro politics of the Blue Nile River. With the Nile being...
Bent Flyvbjerg and Atif Ansar: Ending the Flood of Megadams
More recently, Ethiopia's $4.8 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile, which began construction in 2011, will likely cost $10 billion before its...
Part Two: Ethiopia challenges and opportunities
Part of that investment includes the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which will be the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa when completed, delivering...
Troubled Waters
that is why Ethiopia is building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam," Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dina Mufti told reporters in late February.
Ethiopia's Dam Project to be Energy Hub of East Africa
Since the government began construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011, with the aim of generating 6,000 MW of electricity, the...
Africa’s Next Oil Frontier – Ethiopia?
grandiose hydroelectric plans, most notably the $4.2 billion, 6,000-megawatt Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, which has unsettled Egypt.
Ethiopia and Egypt clash over mega-dam - UPI
demand it suspend construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the 4,130-mile river, the world's longest.
Egypt awaits battle for water
De Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam op de Blauwe Nijl kan een grote invloed hebben op de Egyptische watervoorraad. ( Flickr/ Creative Commons: Inter...
Flintstone Engineering: 22 years of quality construction in
Is Flintstone Engineering involved in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project? No we are not, except in buying Renaissance bonds. The government...
Nile Disputes Threaten Africa’s Largest Hydropower Project
The largest Hydropower project in Africa, the 6,000MW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, is under threat as Ethiopia and Egypt remain unable to come to an...