The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, is around 70% completed and will supply much-needed electricity to Ethiopia’s more than 100 million people. However…
Month: January 2020
Egypt says tripartite US-hosted Nile dam talks still ongoing - Xinhua
30 (Xinhua) — Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that the tripartite U.S.-mediated talks over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam…
Communal clashes in western Ethiopia kills 8
hosts the country’s largest development project, the 5,150 mega watts Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which is under construction on the Blue Nile River.
Talks still ongoing between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia in
Talks are still ongoing between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia in Washington over Addis Ababa’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), an informed source…
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Nile Negotiations
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Nile Negotiations Continue in Washington. 29 January 2020 Mervyn Piesse, Research Manager, Global Food and Water…
Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia to re-meet in US over Renaissance Dam
28 January in the United States (US)’s capital city of Washington DC to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, local media reported yesterday.
Egypt's Foreign Minister arrives in Washington for GERD
the US administration, to finalize negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Previous meetings were held in January between the three…
Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia Officials Put Heads Together to Hammer Nile Dam Deal in Washington
A general view of the Blue Nile as it passes through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which has been a flash point for tensions between Egypt and…
Egypt's FM heads to Washington for Nile dam talks - Xinhua
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Sunday flew to Washington for talks over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile River.
Ethiopia, riparian states inch closer to deal over Nile water use
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been controversial to the three countries ever since its construction began in 2011. It has been delayed by seven…
Sisi, ministers discuss Ethiopian Dam issue ahead of US
of ministers, to discuss the issue of the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and other issues, including counter-terrorism efforts.
Legal and technical experts meet in Khartoum to reach draft
Khartoum on Wednesday, with the aim of arriving at a draft agreement on filling and operating the contentious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Egyptian, Ethiopian, Sudanese meeting on GERD in Khartoum
17 that the Washington meeting on the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) due on January 28-29 has great importance to achieve…
President Kagame optimistic AfCFTA will boost investor
Rwanda’s President Kagame has expressed optimism that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will raise investor confidence and provide more…
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan at Loggerheads over Nile Dam
Workey Tadele, a radio operator, at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, near Guba in Ethiopia, December 26, 2019. (Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images).
Sisi, Pompeo meet in Berlin, discuss bilateral strategic relations
They also discussed US efforts in sponsoring the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), and reaching a comprehensive agreement that preserves Egypt’s…
Ethiopian dam project could spark the world's first real water war
Ethiopia is building a huge dam – the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – on the Nile, and Egypt is very unhappy about it. So unhappy, in fact, that it would…
Nile waters are of vital importance to Egypt and its people: Sisi
with World Bank officials touched on the talks of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reviewing the current developments regarding negotiations.
Draft deal agreed for Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Draft deal agreed for Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. 17 January 2020. Print Email. A draft deal has been agreed between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan on the…
US Treasury Department issues statement regarding Egypt
and 29 in Washington DC to reach a comprehensive agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, after the fourth round of talks hosted Addis Ababa…
A dam of contention in Africa
As the July deadline draws closer for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the river Nile to become functional, the dispute between Ethiopia and…
Egypt, Ethiopia to reach agreement on Renaissance Dam
a comprehensive agreement between the foreign and water ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Egypt…
Ethiopian army 'ready to protect Renaissance Dam'
an air defence system to Ethiopia to protect the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam being built on the River Nile, international news agencies have reported.
GERD Agreement Is a Start, but the Devil Is in the Details
final agreement on the trickiest questions about how Ethiopia will operate the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) or fully address Egypt’s fears about…
Ethiopia: Hydropower to boost power supply
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is under construction in Ethiopia. Businesses hope it will help to solve the country’s poor electricity supply. This video…
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A never-ending saga
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A never-ending saga. From corruption and mismanagement to a looming diplomatic crisis: Construction on Ethiopia’s…
Despite Trump’s Urging, Egypt, Ethiopia Still Deadlocked on Nile Dam
FILE – The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is seen as it undergoes construction work on the river Nile in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz Region…
Nile Powers Set End of Month to Finalize U.S.-Backed Deal on Dam
The site of the under-construction Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia, on May 22, 2019. Photographer: Zacharias Abubeker/Bloomberg…
Dam It! Ethiopia’s game-changing project — and its regional problem
By early 2021, one of Africa’s largest infrastructure projects, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), will begin producing electricity as the decade-long…
Egypt needs to agree Renaissance Dam deal
There are just hours left until the results of the latest crucial round of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project, which are taking…
The United States Must Not Pick Sides in the Nile River Dispute
Egypt and Ethiopia have once again locked horns over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile. On Feb. 26, Ethiopia temporarily…
Impact Assessment Study and Economy-Wide Implications of
The AfCFTA is the first step in the implementation of African Union (AU) Agenda 2063: the “Vision” for an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa. The…
Ethiopia’s dam: a lifeline or a show of power?
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AfCFTA begins trading this July. Where will SAATM be?
AfCFTA begins trading this July. Where will SAATM be?- The Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) was adopted in January 2018 to liberalize civil aviation…
Egypt slams Ethiopia for comments on Renaissance Dam
over its latest comments concerning the final stage of the negotiations of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia Reaffirms Technical Negotiation as Last remedy to GERD Dialogue
The final trilateral ministerial technical meeting over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) underway in Addis Ababa. The two-day trilateral technical…
Ethiopia and Egypt Fail to Reach Nile Dam Deal
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been a source of tension ever since Ethiopia broke ground on the project in 2011. Ethiopia says the electricity the…
Ethiopia: 'Last chance' to reach agreement on Nile dam
The three countries have been in talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) since March 2015, when they adopted a Declaration of Principles…
Will this concrete colossus trigger an Africa military conflict?
US$4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a 145-metre-high, 1.8km-long concrete colossus that is set to become the largest hydropower plant in Africa.
AfCFTA: Nigeria's manufacturers' union wants government
As you are aware, we are entering the implementation stage of the AfCFTA in July 2020.”Government synergy with key private sector operators should be…
The AfCFTA's progressive journey through a busy 2019
Indeed, nearly 22 months after the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), was signed by African leaders on March 21, 2018, in Kigali, a lot of ground has…
Sudan won't harm Egypt over Renaissance dam, insists PM
Minister Abdalla Hamdok called for a resumption of trilateral talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) between Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia.
50 charged over Ethiopia's GERD dam on Nile - News - GCR
Ethiopia’s federal attorney general has filed charges against 50 people in connection with the country’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which it is…
Sudan to defend Egypt's water right in Ethiopian Dam talks: PM
technical issues regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam through mutual understanding, and said Sudan would defend Egypt’s right in water share.