How Science Could Resolve Africa’s Largest Water Dispute
Researchers propose a framework for equitable sharing of the Nile's water and hydropower resources during extended drought periods. A new study proposes a science-based policy for operating the Nile ...
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Powering Africa: 6,450-MW Ethiopian dam to harness Nile waters for energy
For instance, Satellite data and hydrological models were used to monitor the water quality of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reservoir and the Nile River Basin. The Grand Ethiopian ...
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Fifty years on, the Nile dam that changed Egypt
Then came the dam, which officially opened after more ... describing how the Nile was tamed. The river is formed by its two tributaries, the Blue Nile, originating from Lake Tana in Ethiopia ...
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Construction of Controversial Hydroelectric Dam Nears Completion
the dam promises to transform Ethiopia's energy landscape. However, its construction has been mired in controversy, raising geopolitical tensions in the Nile River basin. The GERD project ...
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Africa’s largest dam powers dreams of prosperity in Ethiopia — and fears of hunger in Egypt
The dam spans the Nile’s mightiest tributary ... put it in simpler terms: “The Nile River must not be monopolized by one state. For Egypt, the Nile water is an existential matter.” ...
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Africa's incredible £4bn mega-dam built to transform country
is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile River. The dam is in Guba, in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia, about 9 miles east of the border with Sudan. Constructed between 2011 and 2023 ...
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African country's incredible £3bn mega dam that's the largest on the continent
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) was built on the Blue Nile and is Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam. Once completed, the dam aims to power millions of homes, increase economic growth ...
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Nile River dam talks resume, but still no agreement
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Posts baselessly claim US ends military aid to Egypt for Horn of Africa tensions
Long-standing hostilities between Egypt and Ethiopia over the use of the Nile River have added to broader tensions in the ...
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Ethiopia says first year of Nile River dam filling 'achieved'
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Dealing with the Deluge
which stretches across the Nile 600 miles south of Cairo. The dam has effectively stopped the river's annual floods by trapping its waters in a reservoir that is slowly released during the dry season.