Although construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is seen by Ethiopians as having a vital role in transforming the country’s economy and…
Month: May 2017
Renaissance Dam: Hope For Ethiopia, Concern For Egypt And Tensions For The Region
La construction du Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (DERD), sur le Nil Bleu, un des principaux affluent du Nil, qui constitue la sève nourricière de l’Egypte…
Behind the curtains of the Foreign Ministry: Security
to be key in managing the country’s share of the Nile basin water, a share that is now threatened by the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
Eritrea Denies Targeting Ethiopia Dam as Egyptian Ties Deepen
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Reservoir. Advertisement. By Samuel Gebre. Bloomberg – Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki denied his country’s deepening…
Ethiopia: Regional powerhouse
Another key hydropower project is the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which is due to be completed later this year. The brainchild of…
The environmental disaster that will shock the Middle East?
“סכר התקומה האתיופי הגדול” Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam)), אמור לייצר 6,000 מגה-ווט של חשמל לאזרחי אתיופיה, שנכון להיום לרובם (כ-75 אחוז) אין כלל גישה לחשמל.
TPP demise helps propel fabric mills to Ethiopia
Two projects underway, including the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), will more than triple Ethiopia’s current generating capacity, and rank among…
Egypt denies making visa changes for Sudanese citizens
Nile have reached a deadlock, and it called for international mediation, reports Reuters. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), announced in 2011…
WATER: A new dam on the Nile reveals threats from warming
In the case of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the government has stated that it will be used only to generate hydropower — not the most worrying…
Ethiopia: Exporting Energy - Exemplary Move to Socio
Among other things, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will, not only, raise nation’s power-generating capacity, it will also allow the people to meet our…
Rainfall extremes to become the Nile's new normal
to be made more complex by the construction of Africa’s largest reservoir, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near the border with Ethiopia and Sudan.