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“Battle for Water” or redistribution of the Nile in Africa
December 23, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

“Battle for Water” or redistribution of the Nile in Africa

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam («Великая Дамба Эфиопского Возрождения») должна по замыслу стать самой большой на континенте. Естественно…

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Egypt and Ethiopia disagree on the Nile issue
December 20, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Egypt and Ethiopia disagree on the Nile issue

Etiopia, mai ales, doreşte construirea celui mai mare baraj hidroelectric din Africa: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) ce va fi situat pe Nilul albastru la…

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Next on Egypt's to-do: Ethiopia and the Nile
December 8, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Next on Egypt's to-do: Ethiopia and the Nile

Ethiopia calls it the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, and its government and people see it as just that – a reassertion of historic Ethiopian wealth and…

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Earth, wind and water: How Ethiopia is becoming Africa's
November 8, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Earth, wind and water: How Ethiopia is becoming Africa's

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam could Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – The dam, on the Blue Nile river…

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Ethiopia plans Africa's biggest dam
November 5, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Ethiopia plans Africa's biggest dam

Dubbed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, it will be Africa’s biggest dam and will depend on water from the 6,700-km Nile River, the world’s longest river.

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The Dam that May Damn Egypt's Future
October 22, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

The Dam that May Damn Egypt's Future

The dam known formally as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will provide much-needed hydro-power to Ethiopia, but downstream it is expected to change…

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Sounds of the Nile
October 17, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Sounds of the Nile

At a time when tensions over the proposed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam have captured headlines around the world, the Nile Project offers a model for…

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Tech cities and mega dams: Africa's giant infrastructure projects
October 10, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Tech cities and mega dams: Africa's giant infrastructure projects

the cost of goods and transportation for the landlocked country. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam — Ethiopia. Ethiopia upsets neighbours with Dam plan…

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Dr. Mulatu Teshome elected new President of Ethiopia
October 7, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Dr. Mulatu Teshome elected new President of Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, April 1, 2020 –Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed said the country will begin. Facebook Twitter · Share · Operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance…

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Experts: Grand Renaissance Dam Has Structural and Design
October 3, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Experts: Grand Renaissance Dam Has Structural and Design

As the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam takes shape, tempers rise (National Geographic) · Hydropolitics Between Ethiopia and Egypt ( A Historical Timeline)

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Infographic: Wealth of the Nile — Basin's Countries, Dams
October 1, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Infographic: Wealth of the Nile — Basin's Countries, Dams

Controversy over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which will become the largest dam in Africa when it is completed in 2017, stems from a long history of…

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Water Wars: Egyptians Condemn Ethiopia's Nile Dam Project
September 28, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Water Wars: Egyptians Condemn Ethiopia's Nile Dam Project

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam being built along the Nile has ignited disagreement between Egypt and Ethiopia. Photograph by Cameron Davidson…

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Egypt's Three Challenges: Its Coup, Its Economy and the Nile River
August 2, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Egypt's Three Challenges: Its Coup, Its Economy and the Nile River

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam, the largest in Africa when it is completed, will be a major boom to the Ethiopian economy, and a major threat to Egypt’s.

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Brian Stewart: Egypt's other existential crisis — the Nile
July 15, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Brian Stewart: Egypt's other existential crisis — the Nile

Refusing to be cowed, Ethiopia has now started work, with China’s help, on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the largest in Africa. Ethiopia feels it has as…

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A Tale of Two Dams: Comparing Ethiopia's Grand
July 9, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

A Tale of Two Dams: Comparing Ethiopia's Grand

Ethiopia’s Dam Boom · Nile Basin · Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Protecting rivers and defending the rights of the communities that depend on them.

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Who will capture the waters of the Nile?
July 4, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Who will capture the waters of the Nile?

(2) Lire Jean-Baptiste Gallopin, « Amer divorce des deux Soudans », Le Monde diplomatique, juin 2012. (3) « Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam project…

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Ethiopia: Big Nile dam could ease Africa power failures
July 3, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Ethiopia: Big Nile dam could ease Africa power failures

Ethiopia’s big Nile dam – called the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – will cost $4.2 billion and be able to produce 6,000 megawatts of electricity.

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Egypt's President Morsi in power: A timeline (Part II) - Morsi
June 28, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Egypt's President Morsi in power: A timeline (Part II) - Morsi

struck with Ethiopia that both countries’ interests will be addressed during the building of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia.

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S. Sudan to utilise Nile River for development projects
June 25, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

S. Sudan to utilise Nile River for development projects

negative impact” by the construction of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, only 30kms from the border with Sudan.

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Will Ethiopia's 'grand' new dam steal Nile waters from Egypt?
June 25, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Will Ethiopia's 'grand' new dam steal Nile waters from Egypt?

Ethiopia says its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, 20 miles from the Sudanese border, will not be used for irrigation. That means that once the 6,000-megawatt…

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Ethiopia: Ally of the West and regional heavyweight
June 18, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Ethiopia: Ally of the West and regional heavyweight

signed deals with Kenya and Djibouti, and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is eliciting interest from Khartoum and Cairo – will bolster its influence.

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Ethiopia: With hydropower to the electricity supplier of East Africa Land grabbing and displacement are the result
June 17, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Ethiopia: With hydropower to the electricity supplier of East Africa Land grabbing and displacement are the result

Pictured Äthiopien investiert mehr als jedes andere afrikanische Land in Wasserkraft. Hier ein Blick auf den ‘Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’ am Blauen Nil.

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Egypt's Nile Threats Weaken Case to Secure Water: Shinn
June 17, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Egypt's Nile Threats Weaken Case to Secure Water: Shinn

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, funded solely by Ethiopia’s government, is a “game-changer” because Egypt has historically blocked…

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Reflections on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
June 14, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Reflections on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

interests among Ethiopians of diaspora was the construction of the hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile River, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

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Water war on the Nile
June 12, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Water war on the Nile

A Nagy Etióp Újjászületés Gátat (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, GERD) nem most kezdték építeni, de a munka május végén ért abba a fázisba, amikor a…

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June 11, 2013in Video0by weaspire_cpw5rq

Egypt:President Mohamed Morsi on the Nile

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Egypt–Ethiopia crisis: “No Nile, No Egypt”
June 11, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Egypt–Ethiopia crisis: “No Nile, No Egypt”

Long years of deadlock and bitter recrimination are now coming to a head as the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam threatens Egypt’s water…

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Ethiopia is building a dam on the Nile - Egypt is already threatened with war
June 7, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Ethiopia is building a dam on the Nile - Egypt is already threatened with war

Padon nimeksi on annettu Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Sen valmistelutyötä on tehty jo kolmen vuoden ajan aivan Sudanin rajan tuntumassa. Toukokuun…

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Why has the Nile River Become a Battleground?
June 7, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Why has the Nile River Become a Battleground?

Why is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam causing such strife? In addition to Egypt’s fears that it will reduce its lifeline of Nile waters, the tensions have been…

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With Cameras Rolling, Egyptian Politicians Threaten Ethiopia
June 6, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

With Cameras Rolling, Egyptian Politicians Threaten Ethiopia

Last week, Ethiopia began diverting water to begin construction of a large hydroelectric dam called the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which is expected to…

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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam paradox
June 4, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam paradox

And all the stakeholders are congested behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Old European colonial treaties, new realities on the ground, investors…

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$4.2bn Nile hydropower dam 'will not affect Egypt'
June 3, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

$4.2bn Nile hydropower dam 'will not affect Egypt'

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam about a fifth of the way complete. An aerial view shows the Nile river…

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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Egypt and Sudan move from denial to acceptance
May 31, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Egypt and Sudan move from denial to acceptance

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Egypt and Sudan move from denial to acceptance. By Simon Allison• 31 May 2013…

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Egypt's water war
May 30, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Egypt's water war

Ethiopia’s commencement on Wednesday of construction on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which experts say would dramatically alter the course of…

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Ethiopia diverts the Nile for Dh17bn dam, alarming countries downstream
May 30, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Ethiopia diverts the Nile for Dh17bn dam, alarming countries downstream

Work on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile will begin at the end of next year, the deputy prime minister Debretsion Gebremichael said…

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Ethiopian Military-Run Corporation Seeks More Foreign
February 18, 2013in News, Nile0by admin

Ethiopian Military-Run Corporation Seeks More Foreign

569 billion birr until 2015 on projects including the $5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which would be the site of Africa’s biggest hydropower plant.

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