It purchased bonds worth 500m birr – more than any other private enterprise – to support the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a flagship project that will raise…
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Ethiopia: Public Diplomacy Delegation, A Message to the People of Egypt
The Public Diplomacy Delegation conveys the message to the people of Egypt that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam should be a main element in the…
Hailemariam Desalegn in Berlin
Ein weiteres Großprojekt: Der Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, ein Staudamm am Blauen Nil. Er soll ab 2017 das Energieproblem des Landes lösen.
Analysis: Why Ethiopia and Egypt aren’t fighting a water war
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Egypt and Sudan move from denial to acceptance on Daily Maverick. Photo: A fisherman travels on a boat with his…
Diplomacy Lab makes national policy research part of
The CAD team will analyze the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, and the anticipated political, social and economic costs of its completion, particularly…
Ethiopie Un barrage contre la pauvreté
Pas bien grand et terriblement protocolaire, Semegnew Bekele est la voix et le visage du Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd), un projet aussi dingue que…
Ethiopia’s ‘African tiger’ leaps towards middle income
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, an impressive, self-funded hydropower project heralding the country’s rebirth, will be the continent’s…
The state of internet policy making in Ethiopia
Misplaced opposition to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam · Ethiopian Students Demand End to Police Crackdowns in Rare Protest · Sovrn…
Dam Rising in Ethiopia Stirs Hope and Tension
The main component of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, along the Blue Nile, is more than one-third complete.Credit…Jacey Fortin for The New York…
Perhaps the greatest threat to Ethiopia comes from within
The construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, on the Blue Nile, is potentially combustible politically, as Egypt sees any reduction to its current flow…
Ethiopia: 30 years after the famine
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will harness the waterway as the largest hydroelectrical plant on the continent when complete. Cairo is unhappy, fearing…
Nile basin, Dar es Salaam Ratifies the Agreement of Entebbe
Nilo, contestando la realizzazione da parte del governo di Addis Abeba di una diga sul corso del Nilo Azzurro, la Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd).
Ethiopia: Gerd 8100A SMS Lottery Winners Identified
The SMS through 8100A lottery winners for the construction of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have been identified on Monday. Accordingly…
Ethiopia to Build New Hydropower Plant on Geba River
Out of the projects the nation is carrying out, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Gibe III are the two main hydroelectric projects being carried out with 6,000…
Africa and Belgium Generate the Same Amount of Electricity But That's Changing
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam across the Nile, set to be the biggest dam in Africa when it launches in 2017, will provide the bulk of that with a capacity…
Ethiopia's Millennium Dam: Science and controversy
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, also known as the Millennium Dam, is set to play a pivotal role in the landscape of energy supply in Africa. The dam is…
Do dams destroy rivers?
are under consideration – especially in Ethiopia, which is building Africa’s largest hydropower dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile.
Egypt suffers regular blackouts due to worst energy crisis in decades
which is threatened by sea level rise. There is also the ‘Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’ that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile upstream from Egypt.
Three International Water Conflicts to Watch
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is expected to be completed sometime in 2017. Turkey-Iraq: Ilisu Dam and the Tigris River. Turkey’s newly re-elected…
Why East Africa's Borders Are Blowing Up
But those dams, and the even larger Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Blue Nile, will also enable Ethiopia to earn hard currency by selling power to its…
Ethopia is emerging as a production centre for labour
Africa’s largest, the domestically funded Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile — that should increase Ethiopia’s power supply five-fold by 2020.
Ethiopia Becomes China’s China in Global Search for Cheap Labour
Africa’s largest, the domestically funded Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile — that should increase Ethiopia’s power supply five- fold by 2020.
Ethiopia: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the
In 2011, the Ethiopian government announced its plan to construct the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile. Acknowledging the difficulty…
Ethiopia's Nile dam project signals its intention to become an African power
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam will provide energy for growing economy but add to Egypt’s fears over water security. Global development is supported by.
South Sudan Conflict Destabilizes Ethiopia's Regional Strategy
days a week, 24 hours a day as part of a round-the-clock construction schedule to erect the nearly 560-foot-tall Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Ethiopian Airlines Management and Staff Visit the Grand
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) -. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The fastest growing and most Profitable African Airline, Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to…
Ethiopian Intellectuals' views on the Grand Ethiopian
Ethiopian Intellectuals’ views on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Posted on: May 15, 2014 Last updated on: May 15, 2014 Categorized in: News…
Egyptian Spies Captured While Gathering Intelligence on
Spying allegations expose mounting tensions over construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. May 12, 2014. The recent arrest of three Egyptian…
3 Egyptians caught in Gambella, accused of spying
Benshangul-Gumuz near blue Nile is where the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is located. Egypt and Ethiopia have been at odds over the…
Misplaced opposition to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Misplaced opposition to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Nile River By Minga Negash, Seid Hassan and Mammo Muchie. The 1929 Nile water allocation…
Ethiopia: Misplaced opposition to the Grand Ethiopian
Egyptian opposition to the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). We try to triangulate these factors hoping to contribute to the debate…
Ethiopia: Rethinking the Voices of Aswan Dam and GERD
and mythical prophecies of the perils of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) upon the peoples of Egypt have reverberated and resonated over the…
No Room for Debate on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam?
No Room for Debate on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam? Thu, 04/17/2014 – 11:06am. By: Lori Pottinger.
Etiopia ed Egitto divise dalla diga
finora rimasto segreto – della relazione sugli impatti del progetto etiope della diga Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) che l’Egitto contesta da tempo.
Nile dam study fails to stem the tide of Egyptian indignation towards Ethiopia
indignation at the ongoing construction of a blockage on the Nile, thousands of miles upstream: the $4.7bn (£2.8bn) Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam (Gerd)…
Ethiopia: Addis Ababa Light Rail project 60% complete
Ethiopia has several ambitious infrastructure projects across the country from the massive Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam to Ethiopia’s first light rail transit in…
South Sudan conflict and Egypt's hydro politics
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project became inescapably a reality for Egypt to contest. Khartoum, the other signatory of the 1959 agreement…
Egyptian Officials Fear Economic, Environmental Loss From Ethiopian Dam Project
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project is intended to be the largest hydro-electric power plant on the continent, generating 6,000 megawatts of…
Grand Designs North Africa: Impact of Ethiopia's Renaissance
For the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, due for completion in 2017, is set to change both the geo and hydro politics of the Blue Nile River. With the Nile being…
Bent Flyvbjerg and Atif Ansar: Ending the Flood of Megadams
More recently, Ethiopia’s $4.8 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile, which began construction in 2011, will likely cost $10 billion before its…
Part Two: Ethiopia challenges and opportunities
Part of that investment includes the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which will be the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa when completed, delivering…
Troubled Waters
that is why Ethiopia is building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam,” Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dina Mufti told reporters in late February.
Ethiopia's Dam Project to be Energy Hub of East Africa
Since the government began construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011, with the aim of generating 6,000 MW of electricity, the…
Africa’s Next Oil Frontier – Ethiopia?
grandiose hydroelectric plans, most notably the $4.2 billion, 6,000-megawatt Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, which has unsettled Egypt.
Ethiopia and Egypt clash over mega-dam - UPI
demand it suspend construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the 4,130-mile river, the world’s longest.
Egypt awaits battle for water
De Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam op de Blauwe Nijl kan een grote invloed hebben op de Egyptische watervoorraad. ( Flickr/ Creative Commons: Inter…
Flintstone Engineering: 22 years of quality construction in
Is Flintstone Engineering involved in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project? No we are not, except in buying Renaissance bonds. The government…
Nile Disputes Threaten Africa’s Largest Hydropower Project
The largest Hydropower project in Africa, the 6,000MW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, is under threat as Ethiopia and Egypt remain unable to come to an…
“Battle for Water” or redistribution of the Nile in Africa
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam («Великая Дамба Эфиопского Возрождения») должна по замыслу стать самой большой на континенте. Естественно…
Egypt and Ethiopia disagree on the Nile issue
Etiopia, mai ales, doreşte construirea celui mai mare baraj hidroelectric din Africa: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) ce va fi situat pe Nilul albastru la…
Next on Egypt's to-do: Ethiopia and the Nile
Ethiopia calls it the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, and its government and people see it as just that – a reassertion of historic Ethiopian wealth and…
Earth, wind and water: How Ethiopia is becoming Africa's
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam could Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – The dam, on the Blue Nile river…
Ethiopia plans Africa's biggest dam
Dubbed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, it will be Africa’s biggest dam and will depend on water from the 6,700-km Nile River, the world’s longest river.
The Dam that May Damn Egypt's Future
The dam known formally as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will provide much-needed hydro-power to Ethiopia, but downstream it is expected to change…
Sounds of the Nile
At a time when tensions over the proposed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam have captured headlines around the world, the Nile Project offers a model for…
Tech cities and mega dams: Africa's giant infrastructure projects
the cost of goods and transportation for the landlocked country. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam — Ethiopia. Ethiopia upsets neighbours with Dam plan…
Dr. Mulatu Teshome elected new President of Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, April 1, 2020 –Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed said the country will begin. Facebook Twitter · Share · Operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance…
Experts: Grand Renaissance Dam Has Structural and Design
As the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam takes shape, tempers rise (National Geographic) · Hydropolitics Between Ethiopia and Egypt ( A Historical Timeline)
Infographic: Wealth of the Nile — Basin's Countries, Dams
Controversy over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which will become the largest dam in Africa when it is completed in 2017, stems from a long history of…
Water Wars: Egyptians Condemn Ethiopia's Nile Dam Project
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam being built along the Nile has ignited disagreement between Egypt and Ethiopia. Photograph by Cameron Davidson…
Egypt's Three Challenges: Its Coup, Its Economy and the Nile River
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam, the largest in Africa when it is completed, will be a major boom to the Ethiopian economy, and a major threat to Egypt’s.
Brian Stewart: Egypt's other existential crisis — the Nile
Refusing to be cowed, Ethiopia has now started work, with China’s help, on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the largest in Africa. Ethiopia feels it has as…
A Tale of Two Dams: Comparing Ethiopia's Grand
Ethiopia’s Dam Boom · Nile Basin · Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Protecting rivers and defending the rights of the communities that depend on them.
Who will capture the waters of the Nile?
(2) Lire Jean-Baptiste Gallopin, « Amer divorce des deux Soudans », Le Monde diplomatique, juin 2012. (3) « Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam project…
Ethiopia: Big Nile dam could ease Africa power failures
Ethiopia’s big Nile dam – called the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – will cost $4.2 billion and be able to produce 6,000 megawatts of electricity.
Egypt's President Morsi in power: A timeline (Part II) - Morsi
struck with Ethiopia that both countries’ interests will be addressed during the building of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia.
Will Ethiopia's 'grand' new dam steal Nile waters from Egypt?
Ethiopia says its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, 20 miles from the Sudanese border, will not be used for irrigation. That means that once the 6,000-megawatt…
S. Sudan to utilise Nile River for development projects
negative impact” by the construction of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, only 30kms from the border with Sudan.
Ethiopia: Ally of the West and regional heavyweight
signed deals with Kenya and Djibouti, and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is eliciting interest from Khartoum and Cairo – will bolster its influence.
Egypt's Nile Threats Weaken Case to Secure Water: Shinn
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, funded solely by Ethiopia’s government, is a “game-changer” because Egypt has historically blocked…
Ethiopia: With hydropower to the electricity supplier of East Africa Land grabbing and displacement are the result
Pictured Äthiopien investiert mehr als jedes andere afrikanische Land in Wasserkraft. Hier ein Blick auf den ‘Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’ am Blauen Nil.
Reflections on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
interests among Ethiopians of diaspora was the construction of the hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile River, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Water war on the Nile
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…
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…