GUBA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Ethiopia officially inaugurated Africa's largest hydroelectric dam on Tuesday, a project that will provide energy to millions while deepening a rift with downstream Egypt ...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed insists that newly inaugurated Blue Nile dam is not a threat to upstream neighbors Sudan and Egypt, but a "great achievement for all black people." The $5 billion Grand ...

Johannesburg — Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile is scheduled to open Tuesday to major fanfare in Ethiopia. The $5 billion dam project ...

At least 15 000 people reportedly died during Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) construction, raising concerns over project impacts. Ethiopia self-funded GERD, primarily through bonds and ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, rises on the Blue Nile about 40 kilometers (28 miles) from the Sudanese border in Guba, which is around 580 ...

Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, as the $5bn project continues to sow dismay with downstream neighbours Sudan and Egypt. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has ...

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 ...

After outfoxing Egypt on the diplomatic stage for more than a decade, Ethiopia is set to officially inaugurate one of the world's biggest dams on a tributary of the River Nile, burying a colonial-era ...

Water releases from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile following its Sept. 9 inauguration. The $5-billion project is Africa’s largest hydropower facility. September 9, 2025 Ethiopia ...

In a fractious nation, the building of the dam was one thing that brought people together The vastness of the building site was at first overwhelming for the young Ethiopian mechanical engineer.

Ethiopia Inaugurates Africa’s Largest Hydroelectric Dam as Neighbors Eye Power Imports ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia on Tuesday inaugurated Africa’s largest dam to boost the economy, end ...

Abdulhakim Shamsuddin was 14 and in high school in the city of Dire Dawa when he first heard that he could contribute to the building of a dam on the Blue Nile. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, ...