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Egypt and Ethiopia have once again locked horns over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile. On Feb. 26, Ethiopia temporarily…

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…

By early 2021, one of Africa’s largest infrastructure projects, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), will begin producing electricity as the decade-long…

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over its latest comments concerning the final stage of the negotiations of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Addis Ababa.

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…

The final trilateral ministerial technical meeting over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) underway in Addis Ababa. The two-day trilateral technical…

The three countries have been in talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) since March 2015, when they adopted a Declaration of Principles…

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.

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…

Minister Abdalla Hamdok called for a resumption of trilateral talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) between Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia.

technical issues regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam through mutual understanding, and said Sudan would defend Egypt’s right in water share.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), as The New Arab news outlet reminded, was set to be Africa’s largest hydro-electric dam – 5,150 Megawatts…

The meeting reviewed the talks around the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) within the framework of Egypt’s adherence to reach an agreement that…

Egypt made in negotiations with Ethiopia and Sudan on the rules of filling the reservoir and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the recent developments in the talks on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in a phone call…

Egypt affirms its keenness, during negotiations around the (Grand Ethiopian) Renaissance Dam, to reach understanding and agreement with both Sudan and…

on all unresolved issues concerning the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project during their next meeting in January 9-10 in Addis Ababa.

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to negotiate the rules of filling the reservoir of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) kicked off in Khartoum on Saturday.

the three countries will be meeting on Saturday in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum to resume negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project has been a source of tension between Cairo and Addis Ababa since construction began in 2011. The Egyptian…

in Washington, officials from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan met to discuss the ongoing conflict surrounding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

goodwill during the engagement of the three countries; Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, in negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

Sudan and Ethiopia, under the auspices of US Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin, to continue negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam…

The project, called the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, is around 70% complete and promises to provide much-needed electricity for Ethiopia’s 70 million…

the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) being built on the Blue Nile, according to a statement by the Water Resources Ministry released on Sunday.

Addis Abeba, December 04/2019 – Egypt has once again stalled the ongoing talks on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam…

ministers of water resources and irrigation of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia at the end of their two-day talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam(GERD).

3 (Xinhua) — Egypt said Tuesday that a new trilateral meeting on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will be held in Washington on Dec. 9.

Egypt hosts Sudanese and Ethiopian technical teams in Cairo today for the second round of US-brokered talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

a second round of talks to resolve differences on filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), state-run Ahram newspaper reported.

a four-meeting series between the irrigation ministries of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam [GERD] held in Cairo onDec.

negotiations regarding the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) would not lead to settlement of outstanding issues among relevant countries.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has triggered wide fears in Egypt, which relies heavily on the Nile to cover the water needs of its population of…

with Egypt over its large-scale Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, said Lawrence Laku Wani, an undersecretary in the country’s electricity ministry.

a four-meeting series between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam [GERD] on December 2-3, announced Egyptian Minister…

Sudanese Irrigation Minister Yasser Abbas said on Sunday that Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have agreed on filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s…

Construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam began in 2012, but since then Egypt has sounded the alarm that the project would severely reduce its…

Ethiopian builders work on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near the Sudanese-Ethiopian border on March 31, 2015. Zacharias Abubeker/AFP/Getty…

to discuss resuming negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said on Thursday.

The first round of a four-meeting series between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will convene on Friday in Addis Ababa…

of the completion of Meles Zenawi’s dream to build the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd), known in Ethiopia as Hedassie, along the Blue Nile river.

Building site machines stand on the construction site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba in the North West of Ethiopia, 24 November 2017.

name was initially “the Ethiopian-Sudanese border project” and then named the “Millennium Dam”, before settling on the “Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

Speaking about the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) which Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, the Egyptian minister said that the…

hosted by the United States on Wednesday on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to showcase its firm position on the Nile waters fair use.

A potential route through the impasse between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) under construction on a tributary of the…

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, in the works since 2011, is a massive Ethiopian hydroelectric dam project along the Nile river. Ethiopia plans to start…

By all accounts, the talks over Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam hosted by the United States were positive, with the parties agreeing to a series of…

The $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was announced in early 2011, as Egypt was in political upheaval following a popular uprising that…

The huge project, named Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), is the subject of dispute, mainly between Ethiopia and Egypt. Egypt, which relies almost…

The under-construction Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia on May 21. Photographer: Zacharias Abubeker/…

Egypt fears the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) could restrict already scarce supplies of water from the Nile, on which it is almost entirely dependent.

Ethiopia started building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011, while Egypt is concerned that the dam might affect its 55.5-billion-cubic-meter…

headed on Sunday to Washington to attend the negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on November 6 between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia…

6 over the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project, the Anadolu news agency reported Oct. 31. Nevertheless, Addis Ababa has…

on Thursday that Egypt is looking forward to signing a tripartite legal deal with Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issue.

November 6 to resume negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam conflict, according to a statement issued by Shoukry on Tuesday, October 29.

Global powers stepping up efforts to calm dispute over dam. Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in May 2019. Photographer: Zacharias Abubeker/Bloomberg…

Egypt is worried that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), under construction near Ethiopia’s border with Sudan, will restrict supplies of already scarce…

that he had no knowledge about the 2015 declaration of principles on the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) when he was in office.

Negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) are deadlocked, but they will be “resumed,” according to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah…

Ethiopia says the five-billion-dollar Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near the border with Sudan will be a massive boost to the economy. Egypt fears that will…

commission that supervises the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, following days of tensions between the two countries over the issue.

by a technical committee trying to agree on the operating terms of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), an Egyptian presidency spokesman said.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is designed to be the centrepiece of Ethiopia’s bid to become Africa’s biggest power exporter [File: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters].

Once again, negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, known as GERD, have been stymied. Since the January 25 revolution broke out eight…

The $4.8bn Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near the border with Sudan, will be the largest hydropower project in Africa when completed in 2022.

Egypt sees the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as an existential risk, fearing it will threaten scarce water supplies in Egypt and power generation at…

reiterated on Thursday that it will not accept any mediation regarding talks over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

Center for Strategic Studies (ECSS) has released a new edition on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), entitled “Renaissance Dam: Dimensions…

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – Reuters. Ethiopian dam is public opinion issue — Expert. By: MENA. Tue, Oct. 15, 2019. CAIRO – 15 October 2019: Director…

The construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam or the GERD, the largest hydroelectric dam project in Africa, has poisoned relations between Egypt…

meeting in Cairo on Tuesday with the ambassadors of Germany, Italy and China, to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the foreign ministry said.

A long-running diplomatic standoff over building and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has heightened tensions between the two countries.

soon meet with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in the Russian capital Moscow to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) dilemma.

Khartoum that progress was made but differences on filling the giant reservoir and operating rules of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam remain unsettled.

of overcoming all obstacles facing the tripartite negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River.

The $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is one of the largest infrastructure projects ever undertaken in Africa. Ethiopia hopes to complete it by 2022 and…

has heightened tension between the countries, which have held on-again-off-again talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) for years.

The comments highlight the difficulties finding a compromise between the two countries over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Two rounds of…

Egypt welcomed the statement issued by the White House regarding the ongoing negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Presidency…

is another serious point, and if accepted by Addis Ababa, it will leave the reservoir of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam without water,” explained Ahmad.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), announced in 2011, is designed to be the centerpiece of the Horn of Africa country’s bid to become the…

ongoing negotiations to reach a cooperative, sustainable, and mutually beneficial agreement on filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

Egypt is concerned that Ethiopia is moving too fast to complete the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and that its timetable will create water and food scarcity…

Construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile is due to be completed next year, likely reducing Egypt’s water flow. Ethiopia’s Grand…

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, announced in 2011, was designed to generate more than 6,000 megawatts in a region that struggles to produce…

Egyptian officials regarding ongoing negotiations with Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), government sources told Mada Masr.

Seleshi Bekele, Ethiopia’s water and energy minister, made the comments after visiting the project, known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said Egypt has started diplomatic escalation to expand the domain of discussions on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) so it…

Egypt and Ethiopia are at loggerheads over the controversial and under-construction Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as Cairo voiced its concern…

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the ambitious project which Ethiopia kicked off almost eight years ago, is once again raising tensions between…

operation of the soon-to-be-finished $5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam failed to achieve progress. The talks had resumed after more than a year.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), announced in 2011, is designed to be the centrepiece of Ethiopia’s bid to become Africa’s biggest power…

Egypt is open to consultations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in order to reach an agreement that would achieve Ethiopia’s development…

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam meeting, which concluded on Monday evening, failed to address the dam’s technical aspects and was limited to…

The $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was announced in 2011 and is designed to be the centerpiece of Ethiopia’s bid to become Africa’s…

2019: Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry stated that a new round of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will start on Sept.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has voiced concern over the procrastination in negotiations with Ethiopia on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).