Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, as the $5bn project continues to sow dismay with downstream neighbours Sudan and Egypt. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has ...

Ethiopia inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on Tuesday, a $5 billion project aimed at electrifying millions of homes. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has stoked years of tension with ...

Ethiopia officially inaugurated 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 ...

Ethiopia is prepared to inaugurate Africa’s largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday, which has promised to revolutionise the country’s energy sector but has sparked diplomatic rows with downstream ...

Johannesburg — Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile is scheduled to open Tuesday to major fanfare in Ethiopia. The $5 billion dam project ...

Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed at the official inauguration ceremony of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, on 9 September 2025. © Luis Tato ...

Ethiopia inaugurated the continent's largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) in what Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called a "great achievement for all black people", but it drew a ...

BENISHANGUL-GUMUZ, ETHIOPIA – FEBRUARY 19: A view of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a massive hydropower plant on the River Nile that neighbors Sudan and Egypt, as the dam started to produce ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, rises on the Blue Nile about 40 kilometers (28 miles) from the Sudanese border in Guba, which is around 580 ...

Ethiopia has high hopes for its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which is expected to double the nation's electricity capacity. But the mega dam has long been a ...

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