Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Funding calls had gone out since the project was launched in 2011, with the government also issuing bonds to fund construction of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 11 countries that share the waters of the Nile have competing development priorities too. These states include Ethiopia, Egypt ...

Ethiopia says its mega-dam on the River Nile is now complete, following years of tensions with Egypt and Sudan over its construction that many feared would lead to war in Africa. The contentious ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister said Thursday that a controversial power dam on the Nile is now complete, a major milestone for his country amid a dispute with Egypt over ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced last Thursday that construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the country’s newest power-generating dam, has officially been completed. Built on ...

MOGADISHU — Somali President Sheikh Hassan Mohammed described Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam as a “great project” that will serve as a vital source of power for the region without harming any ...

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 ...