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Trump Wades Into Nile Dispute; Egypt and Sudan Back Move, Ethiopia Silent
January 23rd, 2026
Via The Africa Report, a look at how Donald Trump has once again thrust Washington into the long-running dispute over the Nile River and Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, openly siding with Egypt and Sudan on water security: Tensions over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) took centre stage as US President Donald Trump met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah […]
Read more »Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Can Ethiopia Become Africa’s Powerhouse?
December 19th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a review of GERD thus far and how technical flaws, grid frailties and geopolitical tensions have meant the project has yet to deliver for the continent: The promises are immense. Last September, after 14 years of construction, Ethiopia inaugurated its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile. Standing 175m tall and spanning two […]
Read more »New Report Warns of Critical Climate Risks in MENA Region
December 8th, 2025
Via Inside Climate News, a look at growing water stress in the MENA region where the foundations of daily life, including farms, reservoirs and aquifers that feed and sustain millions, are being pushed to the brink by human-caused warming: As global warming accelerates, about 480 million people in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula face […]
Read more »Rising Waters, Rising Tensions: Nile Floods Reopen Old Wounds Over Ethiopian Dam
October 6th, 2025
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at how – Ethiopia, viewing the dam as essential for its development, has rejected Egypt’s accusations, stating that regulated water releases have actually mitigated flood damage: Rising waters of the Nile have flooded homes and fields in northern Egypt, forcing residents to evacuate by boat. In the village of Dalhamo, […]
Read more »Egypt Girds Itself for the GERD
September 10th, 2025
Via Foreign Policy, a look at how Egypt is responding to its lost of majority control of the Nile River: Ethiopia opened Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on Tuesday, ending Egypt’s majority control of the Nile River. The controversial $5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which took 14 years to build, aims to double Ethiopia’s power generation […]
Read more »The Promise and Peril of Ethiopia’s New Mega Dam
September 8th, 2025
Via The Economist, a report on the potential regional impact of the GERD: WHEN ETHIOPIA inaugurates the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile on September 9th, it will be Africa’s largest hydropower source (see map). But to Ethiopians, millions of whom helped pay for it by buying shares, it is far more than […]
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