The relatives of around 160 people sent their ashes on a journey to space and back—but they won't be getting them back. The ...

Egypt says that Ethiopia has consistently lacked the political will to reach a binding agreement on its now-complete dam.

Ethiopia has announced on July 3, the completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a $4 billion hydropower ...

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 ...

The dam, which can hold up to 74 billion cubic metres of water, has been at the centre of a regional dispute ever since Ethiopia broke ground on the project in 2011.

Ethiopia first began generating electricity at the dam in February 2022. It is ultimately expected to produce more than 5,000 megawatts, more than doubling Ethiopia's current output.

Ethiopia insists the dam will not reduce the volume of water flowing downstream. "The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) plays a crucial role in managing water flow, mitigating flood risks, and ...

The dispute over Ethiopia’s enormous dam should be a warning of what the future holds on a hotter, drier planet. Machines stand on the construction site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in ...

Much closer to the topic at hand, specifically four years after the start of construction of the Ethiopian dam, in 2015, a new three-way agreement was signed between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan in ...

Ethiopia said Saturday it had begun a second round of talks with Egypt and Sudan over a controversial mega-dam built by Addis Ababa on the Nile, long a source of tensions among the three nations.