Tagged: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

24th March 2021

The imperialist past that started dam politics between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia

Ever since construction began a decade ago, there’s been serious contention between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a huge project straddling the Blue Nile in Ethiopia. For Ethiopia,...

Africa / World Daily

11th September 2018

East Africa:No Cheap Power Yet As Ethiopian Dam Project Goes Into Brownout

By Njiraini Muchira East African countries that were banking on Ethiopia for cheap electricity could be forced back to the drawing board given the uncertainties on the future of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam....

Africa / War

5th July 2018

Increasingly close to the first war for the water

More important than the militias of the Islamic State in Sinai, that the conflicts already resolved with Israel and which the reorganisation of the Muslim Brothers is, for Egypt, the water supply which takes...