Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abdulhakim Shamsuddin was 14 and in high school in the city of Dire Dawa when he first heard that he could contribute to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during the first power generation ceremony at the site of the Grand Ethiopian ...

Addis Ababa, March 20, 2025 (ENA) --- Ethiopia is going to inaugurate the historic Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) by the start of the coming new Ethiopian Year. Responding to questions raised ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa's largest hydroelectric project, is nearing completion. Expected to generate over five gigawatts of electricity, the dam promises to transform ...

After more than a decade of construction and multiple reservoir fillings, Ethiopia officially inaugurated its massive hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile earlier this month. The Grand Ethiopian ...

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed recently visited Sudan for the first time since the 2021 military coup. He met with the Sovereign Council head, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Khartoum, as well as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Environmental systems scientist at the University of Delaware. Yet the advent of GERD could also not have been possible without ...

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 ...

Addis Abeba — Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has publicly pushed back against claims that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was financed by the United States or other foreign actors, stating that ...

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 - The intensified soil and water conservation activities that have been carried out around the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) would have a pivotal importance to minimize soil ...