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, ...
Attention has quickly turned to Ethiopia - Africa's second-most populous nation - following the inauguration of a $5 billion dam on the Blue Nile River. The launch of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance ...
Ethiopia inaugurated the continent's largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday in what Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called a "great achievement for all black people", but it drew a protest to the United ...
Overcoming 14 years of political strife, concerted diplomatic pressure and a conflict-battered economy, Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa's largest dam as it phases out non-electric cars. Tuesday marked ...
Guba, Ethiopia – Ethiopia has officially inaugurated the largest dam in Africa, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), during a grand ceremony held in the city of Guba on 9 September 2025. The ...
Ethiopia inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on September 9, which was, to all intents and purposes, an epochal event. Built across the Nile, it is the largest hydroelectric dam in ...