The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), positioned on the Blue Nile, is set to become the largest hydroelectric plant in Africa and one of the top ten worldwide. GERD could make Ethiopia a ...

Egypt, Somalia, and Eritrea are banding together to contain Ethiopia’s expansion in Eastern Africa, producing far-reaching consequences for the geopolitics of the continent.

But now a dam in Ethiopia is threatening to rock the boat, destabilising Beijing’s delicate geopolitical balancing act. With a total capacity of 74 billion cubic metres, the US$4.6 billion Grand ...

Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam stated that Egypt does not intend to engage in further negotiations regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in its current proposed ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is Africa's largest hydroelectric dam and it’s nearing completion, with incredible satellite images showing the progress made since construction began ...

The International Monetary Fund’s executive board completed its first review under the Extended Credit Facility for Ethiopia, which will disburse about $340.7 million to the East African country.

“That’s what we’ve prayed for.” The largest dam removal project in U.S. history has freed the Klamath River, inspiring hope among Indigenous activists who pushed for rewilding to help save ...

Oct 18 (Reuters) - The executive board of the International Monetary Fund approved the first review of Ethiopia's $3.4 billion lending programme, the fund said on Friday, paving the way for a $340 ...

Parts of SA were hit with 130 kilometre-per-hour wind gusts, and over 130,000 lightning strikes in 24 hours, with mining operations at Olympic Dam impacted. Broken Hill lost power about midnight ...

On a scorching March afternoon last year, an American aid worker was sitting on a stool in the town of Sheraro in the war-scarred Ethiopian region of Tigray, sipping traditional roasted coffee ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. BHP’s Olympic Dam copper mine is out of action for a week after large electricity transmission towers transporting power to ...

Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The GERD disagreement has become intertwined with a separate conflict involving Ethiopia’s ambitions to establish a naval presence ...