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Reaffirms regional peace, energy goalsPrime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has officially invited Nile River basin countries including Egypt and Sudan to attend the inauguration of the Abbay Dam scheduled ...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s prime minister said Thursday that his country’s controversial power dam on the Nile has been completed.
Egypt says that Ethiopia has consistently lacked the political will to reach a binding agreement on its now-complete dam. The ...
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 ...
That agreement, first signed in 1929, took no account of the other nations along the river basin that have demanded a more equitable accord. ___ Muhumuza contributed from Kampala, Uganda.
The dam, on the Blue Nile near the Sudan border, began producing power in 2022. The project is expected to ultimately produce over 6,000 megawatts of electricity, which is double Ethiopia’s ...
The accord of the partnership – known as the Nile Basin Initiative – came into force in October without being ratified by Egypt or Sudan. The dam on the Blue Nile near the Sudan border began ...