JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — With great fanfare Ethiopia inaugurated its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Tuesday – the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa but one that's divided the region ...

Ethiopia inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on Tuesday, a $5 billion project aimed at electrifying millions of homes. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has stoked years of tension with ...

Health professionals in Ethiopia plan to resume striking on September 15 to demand better wages and living conditions, marking the second round of strikes in recent months. Following months of ...

Ethiopia says dam will provide power to country and region Egypt says the startup violates international law Trump tried to broker deal over project during first term Many Ethiopians not yet on the ...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed insists that newly inaugurated Blue Nile dam is not a threat to upstream neighbors Sudan and Egypt, but a "great achievement for all black people." The $5 billion Grand ...

Ethiopia officially inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on Tuesday, a project that will provide energy to millions of Ethiopians while deepening a rift with downstream Egypt that has ...

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 ...

Ethiopia is prepared to inaugurate Africa’s largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday, which has promised to revolutionise the country’s energy sector but has sparked diplomatic rows with downstream ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia on Tuesday inaugurated Africa’s largest dam to boost the economy, end frequent ...

Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed at the official inauguration ceremony of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, on 9 September 2025. © Luis Tato ...

Ethiopia inaugurated the continent's largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) in what Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called a "great achievement for all black people", but it drew a ...