A Nagy Etióp Újjászületés Gátat (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, GERD) nem most kezdték építeni, de a munka május végén ért abba a fázisba, amikor a…
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Egypt–Ethiopia crisis: “No Nile, No Egypt”
Long years of deadlock and bitter recrimination are now coming to a head as the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam threatens Egypt’s water…
Why has the Nile River Become a Battleground?
Why is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam causing such strife? In addition to Egypt’s fears that it will reduce its lifeline of Nile waters, the tensions have been…
Ethiopia is building a dam on the Nile - Egypt is already threatened with war
Padon nimeksi on annettu Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Sen valmistelutyötä on tehty jo kolmen vuoden ajan aivan Sudanin rajan tuntumassa. Toukokuun…
With Cameras Rolling, Egyptian Politicians Threaten Ethiopia
Last week, Ethiopia began diverting water to begin construction of a large hydroelectric dam called the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which is expected to…
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam paradox
And all the stakeholders are congested behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Old European colonial treaties, new realities on the ground, investors…
$4.2bn Nile hydropower dam 'will not affect Egypt'
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam about a fifth of the way complete. An aerial view shows the Nile river…
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Egypt and Sudan move from denial to acceptance
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Egypt and Sudan move from denial to acceptance. By Simon Allison• 31 May 2013…
Ethiopia diverts the Nile for Dh17bn dam, alarming countries downstream
Work on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile will begin at the end of next year, the deputy prime minister Debretsion Gebremichael said…
Egypt's water war
Ethiopia’s commencement on Wednesday of construction on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which experts say would dramatically alter the course of…
Ethiopian Military-Run Corporation Seeks More Foreign
569 billion birr until 2015 on projects including the $5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which would be the site of Africa’s biggest hydropower plant.
The Nile, Egypt's lifeline in the desert, comes under threat
The biggest challenge to Cairo is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Experts estimate that the hydropower project, which is under construction and is…
War Over the Nile River
Ethiopia claims that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is needed for its own domestic electricity requirements. This dam, which is currently under…
STRATFOR: Egypt Is Prepared To Bomb All Of Ethiopia's Nile Dams
toppled President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 when they announced new details about the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
IMF Urges Ethiopia to Slow Nile Dam Project to Protect Economy
The government began work on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, situated on the Blue Nile River near the Sudanese border, in April last year. The 80…
Wikileaks: Sudanese launchpad for Egyptian attack on
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be Africa’s largest hydroelectric facility and will be built 40km upstream from Sudan on the Blue Nile River. Ethiopia…
In Ethiopia, a nation comes to bury Meles – and to praise him
The dynamics are similar to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam fundraising campaign: Both Meles and the Nile hydropower project – which signaled…
Morsi visits Ethiopia to seek unity in Nile nations over water
6bn) Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – Africa’s largest hydroelectricity project. Egyptian officials believe the dam, under the specifications revealed, would…
Eastern El Dorado?
The jewel is the $4.7 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile. This should generate 5,250MW when finished, increasing electricity production…
Ethiopia's 'grand dam' rouses citizens, dismays critics
The $4.8 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will lift the country out of poverty, the government argues, by electrifying the country’s industrialization and…