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Month: April 2015
The limits of the new “Nile Agreement”
this view is misleading because the agreement, as far we know, only deals with the Blue Nile’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project (GERDP) and does…
Ethiopian Nile Dam Study Warns on Safety, Urges Cooperation
Ethiopia is planning to complete the $4 billion state-funded Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, known as GERD, in mid-2017 on the Blue Nile River, the main…
Ethiopia’s stellar growth: Lessons for Kenya – and perhaps South Africa
Addis Ababa · Commercial Bank of Ethiopia · Dams · Economy of Ethiopia · Ethiopia · Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam · Meles Zenawi · Outline of Ethiopia…
International experts analyze impacts of Ethiopian dam
According to present plans, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) — now under construction across the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia — will be the…
Addis Ababa Letter: human toil is transforming Ethiopian capital
Ethiopia, an energy-poor country, has begun building the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The $4.8 billion (€4.5…
From the Nile Project, euphoric sound and a collaborative
(One set of concerns from recent years has stemmed from the construction of the massive Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Last month, in an attempt to ease…
Africa’s Next Hegemon
The construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in particular is an audacious bid to reset power relations in the Nile Basin, with one…
Winds of hope: Ethiopia's milestones in embracing wind energy
Energy, Water The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) under construction. Jun 28, 2015 The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – Ethiopia’s…
Ethiopia: Perspectives on the Declaration of Principles
On March 23, 2015, Egypt, Ethiopia and the Sudan signed a declaration of principles on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Since then, an intense…
The tension-ridden hydro-politics of the Nile
of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on its share of the Nile River close to the border with Sudan was not only predictable but also certain.