Ethiopia officially inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on Tuesday, a project that will provide energy to millions of Ethiopians while deepening a rift with downstream Egypt that has ...
Health Policy and Health Economics researcher and a Honorary Researcher at the Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent Ethiopia has built a national emergency medical team and hosts ...
What are the simmering tensions around the official launch of the dam? The dispute over the allocation and use of the Nile waters has been going on for many years. This has been exacerbated by climate ...
Addis Ababa / Khartoum / Merowe / El Roseires / Aswan / Cairo — Reports indicate the waters of the Blue Nile in Sudan have receded to unprecedented levels, disrupting the annual flood season between ...
Ethiopia has officially inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, a project expected to generate over 5,000 megawatts of electricity, doubling the country's output and ...
The construction site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Guba, Ethiopia, Nov. 24, 2017 (Photo by Gioia Forster for dpa via AP Images). Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian ...
ADDIS ABABA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's central bank governor Mamo Mihretu said on Wednesday he was leaving government, having led the bank through deep reforms of the economy including the ...
Sept 3 (Reuters) - Ethiopia launched a bid on Wednesday to host the United Nations climate change summit in 2027 in the capital Addis Ababa, putting it in competition with Nigeria, which wants Lagos ...
Mamo Mihretu has resigned as governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia after two and a half years, saying he is leaving government to “pursue other passions and tackle other challenges”. Appointed in ...
Africa’s biggest hydroelectric project is due to be inaugurated in September – and it is already a point of pride for the prime minister, who is touting more big schemes. Nearly half of Ethiopians ...
The inaugural ceremonies for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) kicked off on Monday evening, with multiple events taking place ahead of Tuesday’s official inauguration. According to ...
Looming high above the Blue Nile and stretching nearly two kilometres across, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a nation-building project and potential economic revolution 14 years ...