Ethiopia’s flagship project, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), launched in 2011, has been a source of prolonged ...

Fifteen years after construction first broke ground and barely five months on from its inauguration, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has come once ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday denied claims by President Donald Trump that the country's new mega-dam was funded by the United States. In Davos last month on the sidelines of the ...

Africa’s water future rests on whether the African Union can insulate its continental investment plans from the ...

On January 16, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump sent a letter to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi proposing American ...

Ethiopia says the $4bn Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was fully funded by its citizens, rejecting Trump’s claims of US ...

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during the first power generation ceremony at the site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, Ethiopia [File: Amanuel Sileshi/AFP] ...

Abdulhakim Shamsuddin was 14 and in high school in the city of Dire Dawa when he first heard that he could contribute to the building of a dam on the Blue Nile. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, ...

Egypt and Sudan welcome President Trump's offer to resume U.S. mediation with Ethiopia over the Nile River water dispute.

The GERD in Ethiopia encapsulates a commitment to delivering transformative infrastructure that leaves a lasting and meaningful legacy ...

US President Donald Trump’s recent offer to revive US mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has once again spotlighted the protracted and often ...