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concerning the prolonged negotiations with Addis Ababa on the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), said Hamdi Louza, Deputy Minister…

of “uncoordinated” actions that negatively impact the Nile water flow to Egypt, including the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

Can US act as neutral mediator over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ? The interest of the Trump administration in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam…

Irrigation and Energy, Seleshi Bekele, has said that Egypt officially requested that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) be filled within seven years.

At the talks, the Egyptian delegation handed the Ethiopian side its vision for filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). In a statement…

In Ethiopia though, Chinese contractors were hired earlier this year to accelerate work on the long-delayed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which had been…

In Ethiopia though, Chinese contractors were hired earlier this year to accelerate work on the long-delayed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which had been…

in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and its negative effects on Egypt’s share of the Nile waters, which is estimated at 55 billion cubic metres.

CAIRO – 2 August 2019: Egypt and Ethiopia held a meeting on the under-construction Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile that feeds…

in the eye of multiple political storms that are still today battering one of Africa’s largest infrastructure projects: the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

Rising tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia over construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have led to speculation that there could be a…

tripartite talks between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to reach an agreement on the rules of filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

tripartite talks between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to reach an agreement on the rules of filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

CAIRO – Egyptian analysts downplayed reports about Israel installing an advanced air defence system at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a multibillion-…

an air defence system to Ethiopia to protect the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam being built on the River Nile, international news agencies have reported.

This question is relevant because of the planned inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Ethiopia in 2022, the biggest hydroelectric…

Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry called for accelerating the negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and abiding by…

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Power for Ethiopia, Disaster for Egypt? 13 June 2019 Mervyn Piesse, Research Manager, Global Food and Water Crises…

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (sometimes called Millennium Dam) has been in the works since April 2011. The planned 6-000 megawatts Dam…

Built by Italy’s Salini Construttori beginning in 2006, the Gibe III dam is to be surpassed by the 6.4GW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile…

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Machines stand on the construction site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba, northwestern Ethiopia.

ministerial meeting on negotiations for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been postponed, following the toppling of the Sudanese regime.

ministerial meeting on negotiations for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been postponed, following the toppling of the Sudanese regime.

With the country already facing major water and food scarcities, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD — set to be the biggest hydropower plant in…

Addis Ababa — It has been eight years since Ethiopia embarked on one of its mega projects, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), being built on Nile…

Construction works of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is well in progress and has reached 66%. GERD Project Manager, Eng. Kifle Horo…

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or Al-Nahda dam, has been under construction since 2011 and is due to be completed in 2022. When finished it will be…

Egypt fears the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will cut into its share of the river, which provides virtually all the freshwater for the arid country of 100…

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will offer great benefits to all 11 countries and their citizens. Any ongoing tension between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt…

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will offer great benefits to all 11 countries and their citizens. Any ongoing tension between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt…

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is the new reality. Why a deal must be done. February 25, 2019 4.50am EST. Shimelis Dessu…

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is just one of the energy projects producing deals for Chinese companies in a government spending spree.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was originally expected to be completed in 2017 but design changes and a string of administrative problem have held…

Power (EEP) has hired China Gezhouba Group to execute the pre-commissioning activities of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), for $40.1m.

the talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Egyptian presidential spokesman Bassam Radi said that Sisi stressed the importance of adopting…

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: At a standstill. Doaa El-Bey reviews the latest developments in the building of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

The US-sponsored trilateral talks between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan seek to resolve a dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) being…

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.

But once fully activated, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will generate 6,450 MW of power for Ethiopia and neighbouring countries, and will also be…

the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and its likely consequences for Egypt. titled Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam or GERD, under construction on the…

and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which Cairo fears will negative impact its access to Nile waters amounts to 55.5 billion cubic metres.

Possible defects with the hydro-electrical plant’s equipment of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will postpone its completion to the end of 2022…

company in Ethiopia will add four more years to the construction schedule of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a project official said yesterday.

Addis Ababa — The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), being built along River Nile, will be completed in 2022, GERD Project Manager Eng. Kifle…

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), being built along River Nile, will be completed in 2022, GERD Project Manager Eng. Kifle Horo said.

A delegation from Saudi Arabia visited the construction site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in 2016. In May, Ethiopia’s new prime minister Abiy Ahmed…

have been at loggerheads since 2011, when Ethiopia started building the 6.5-gigawatt Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, set to be the largest dam in Africa.

Editor’s Note: This assessment has been amended to delete a reference to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as a Chinese infrastructure project.

evening of 25 July with the now-deceased project director for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Simegnew Bekele, on the very eve of his death.

Indeed, the emphasis on critical — but expensive — infrastructure projects like the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has created an acute foreign exchange…

The joint developmental fund will establish projects related to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), according to Sudanese Foreign Minister Osama…

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam nears completion, but not without controversy. By Jehron Muhammad | Last updated: Nov 20, 2018 – 9:02:39 PM.

tasked with building major projects, including the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), of perpetrating an outrageous plunder of the national wealth.

in order to achieve the desired understandings over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) for the benefit of the two peoples and the two countries.

A similar dispute has been brewing between Egypt and Ethiopia as Egypt fears Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will reduce its share of the Nile…

Following the recent stalemates in the negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) · Politics | Mar 28. Ethiopia weathers US, Egypt…

Egypt is seeking to reach a “non-fragile” agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the country’s water resources and irrigation minister, Mohamed…

Construction on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam began in 2017 on the Blue Nile, the largest of the two tributaries that supply about 85% of water into…

a share of the the electricity to be generated from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and also to pressure Cairo into a compromise on the border dispute.

international dam expert Ahmed Al-Shennawi has predicted the collapse of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) after a few years of its operation.

Take Ethiopia for example: the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project along the Nile River will help meet the area’s rising energy…

Ethiopia is building Africa’s largest dam — the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam; Situated on the Blue Nile, the dam could threaten Egypt’s water supply…

Egypt is also facing a major water shortage problem, which is projected to worsen when the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile in Ethiopia is…

a giant dam named the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, raising concerns from Egypt, a downstream country, about its annual share of the Nile water.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile. Sarah Lazarus, CNN. Published 5:57 AM ET, Fri October 19, 2018. Share. Egypt River Nile_IME_6 Egypt…

Last August, Ahmed admitted that the ambitious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), to be built on the Blue Nile, would face a delay of years. He initially…

Nor would this be the first dam that has been crowdsourced – the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was partially funded by internal fund raising.

METEC came under hot water recently for the delay it caused to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed himself…

The upstream construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, will further divert the Nile’s water, implicating Egypt’s water security. Other reforms include…

Kifle Horo, former head of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, has been named the new chief engineer of the project, replacing the position held by the…

At the end of the works, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be the largest dam in Africa: 1,800 m long, 155 m high and with a total volume of…

These include expansive road and rail networks and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, started in 2011 on the Nile River. When completed, the dam is set…

as the new general manager of the country’s most controversial hydro-dam on the Nile — the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) worth $4.8 billion.

and Sudan in an attempt to reach an agreement regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam that, ensuring a fair settlement for all the involved parties.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project is one such example. While the project stands to benefit Ethiopia, it could affect populations thousands of miles…

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is one of three dams that have been built for hydropower generation in Ethiopia. Cairo has nevertheless announced its…

capital of Addis Ababa to be briefed on the latest recommendations on the time frame to fill the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s reservoir, a contentious…

A high-level delegation from Saudi Arabia visited the construction site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in 2016. In May, Ethiopia’s new prime minister…

Ethiopia launched the 6,450 MW project, officially known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), in 2011. It was scheduled to be completed within…

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be the largest of its kind in Africa and a linchpin of Ethiopia’s ambitious plans for economic development. Cairo fears…

dams, with the commissioning of several major new developments, including the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, now almost completed.

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which could have a negative impact on Egypt’s Nile water share. Despite the latest negotiations between Ethiopia…

on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD),” Abebe, a lecturer at political science and international relations department at the Addis Ababa University…

“Sudan will derive multiple benefits from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project,” Saleh said at a meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam…

The death of the chief engineer on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, whose body was found inside a Toyota Land Cruiser near a busy square in Addis…

Site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba, northwestern Ethiopia. The project was expected to start generating electricity from the first two turbines…

engineer, project manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Simegnew Bekele, has revealed that the engineer has committed suicide.

A raft of theories grew up around the death of Semegnew Bekele, who was the unofficial ambassador of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a $4 billion…

The construction of the massive Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) along the Nile, a project treated as national prestige, is lagging behind its schedule…

as to Egypt’s stand concerning construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project and on the resumption of the tripartite deliberations,” he added.

September 6, 2018 – Over eight billion birr has been embezzled from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project by Ethiopian Metals and Engineering…

also held high-level talks with a number of African officials, to discuss such topics as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the conflict in South Sudan.

particularly regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis – and hoped that agreements between the two countries could be implemented.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be the largest of its kind in Africa and a linchpin of Ethiopia’s ambitious plans for economic development. Cairo fears…

In his meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, President Sisi discussed the bilateral relations and the under-construction Grand Ethiopian Renaissance…

CAIRO – Egypt has renewed calls for Addis Ababa to move ahead with negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) amid growing fatigue…

state-led firm Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC), which was responsible for installing turbines for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

Ten states share the Nile River basin, but Ethiopia’s ambitious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, which is halfway completed, has caused an uproar in…

Laborers, engineers and drivers working on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have announced their third day of strike in a row, to protest poor…

The government of Ethiopia has fired a big state company from the project to build the 6,450MW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the country’s most…