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Ethiopia to inaugurate Africa's largest dam

Ethiopia inaugurates GERD dam amid downstream tensions with Egypt, Sudan

GERD has spawned regional tension since it was launched in 2011, with years of cooperation talks between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt still stalled. Last week, Sudan and Egypt released a joint statement calling Ethiopia’s actions “unilateral” and saying the dam posed a “continuous threat to stability”.

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Ethiopia opens Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam to Egyptian protest

Ethiopia officially inaugurates 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 unsettled the region.

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Ethiopia inaugurates Africa’s biggest hydroelectric dam

Africa’s largest hydroelectric power project on the Blue Nile is officially inaugurated in the presence of several regional leaders despite a great hue and cry from Egypt and Sudan.

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Ethiopia's new mega-dam promises power, but sparks unease downstream

Looming high above the Blue Nile and stretching nearly two kilometres across, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has ...

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The promise and peril of Ethiopia’s new mega-dam

At full capacity, it could generate close to 6,000 megawatts of electricity, double Ethiopia’s entire output before the dam was built. Currently, just over 22% of the country’s 122m people are ...

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Ethiopia to open $5B mega-dam despite concerns over Nile water supply

Ethiopia says the GERD hydroelectric dam will be a boon to the region, but Egypt and Sudan say it could threaten their ...

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Ethiopia's emergency medical response system is up and running. what other countries can learn from it

Ethiopia has built a national emergency medical team and hosts Africa's first World Health Organization (WHO)-certified ...

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