The Ethiopian Herald BY DESTA GEBREHIWOT With some super powers trying to unleash economic pressure and hand twist Ethiopia in relation to the ongoing Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a project which many describe it as ‘hallmark of self-reliance’, experts argue African countries need to explore domestic capacities to curtail foreign dependency and ensure evolutionary […]
Ethiopia’s position on the exploitation of the Nile River, reiterated before the United Nations by President Sahle-Work Zewde, who occupies this Friday prominent spaces in several media. We firmly believe that the use of the basin will be based on principles of equitable and reasonable management of natural resources, without causing irreversible damage to the […]
By Ola Owojori Foreign Policy Egypt and Sudan have threatened to withdraw from negotiations over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, which flows into the Nile River. Thus, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan all ultimately share the water of the Blue Nile, but Egypt and Sudan—both of which […]
VOA, By Salem Solomon Ethiopians in Washington gathered Thursday to support the country’s Nile dam project and voice displeasure over the U.S. role in the negotiations. At issue is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project. Egypt, which relies on the Nile for 90% of its freshwater, has asked for safeguards to slow the filling of the dam […]
TLDR News This one is going to be about Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which you might have guessed a big dam being built in Ethiopia. you might be wondering, why we making a video on Ethiopia dam . Because it is causing some political strain Between Ethiopia and Egypt, and it might trigger a […]
Al Mariam’s Commentaries, by Almariam It is not going to be a fair fight when the Gang of Three gang up on Ethiopia. But Ethiopians have one weapon that has kept them free from colonialism, foreign attacks and domination for thousands of years. That weapon is their unity in ONE Ethiopia. ETHIOPIANS UNITED AROUND THE […]
ENA President Sailework Zewdie is touring the Nile riparian to present Ethiopia’s stand over the GERD. After visiting Uganda she was in Rwandan capital Kigali, where she held discussion with President Paul Kagame on wide range of bilateral issues. The visit is part of the Government of Ethiopia to elucidate its position on Grand Ethiopian […]
Bloomberg, By Timothy Kaldas American mediation may help end an acrimonious impasse over a giant dam project. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project has been a source of tension between Cairo and Addis Ababa since construction began in 2011. The Egyptian side insists that the dam violates the 1959 Nile Waters Agreement guaranteeing all waters go to Egypt […]
The Conversation by John Mukum Mbaku, Weber State University Egypt and Sudan currently claim absolute control of Nile water resources. The two states – handed the rights in colonial treaties with the British – have resisted subsequent attempts by the Nile basin states to produce new agreements. But Ethiopia defied the old treaties and built its Grand Renaissance […]
Millions of Ethiopians have made sacrifices to help fund a nearly completed hydro dam on the Blue Nile that aims to mitigate the country’s crippling electricity shortage. The bulk of the cost of the estimated US$5-billion of the Blue Nile dam is financed by Ethiopia itself, by the government and its citizens and diaspora. “Ethiopia […]
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