Long-standing hostilities between Egypt and Ethiopia over the use of the Nile River have added to broader tensions in the ...

Eritrea has, in recent months, called for young people to sign up for the army, while Ethiopia has reportedly deployed troops ...

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Ethiopia's bargaining power in water diplomacy has been enhanced internationally, backed by its water policy, scholars have disclosed.Speaking to local media on the sidelines of a panel discussion ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Thursday that the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) would be completed ...

A view of the Blue Nile River canyon, the natural boundary between Ethiopia's Oromia and Amhara regions. (Yonas Tadesse for The Washington Post) Max Bearak is The Washington Post's Nairobi bureau ...

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countries like Egypt and Sudan are not happy about the dam’s near completion with the water usage taken from the Nile River being the main concern. Egypt’s foreign ministry said: "Ethiopia's ...

Nile River shouldn't become source of tension Speaking ... the First Counsellor of the Rwandan Embassy in Ethiopia noted that the shared vision of peace and sustainable development in the Nile ...

As Ethiopia vows to fill the GERD for a second time this July, Egypt is no longer mincing its words when it comes to actions it is willing to take to mitigate any loss of access to the Nile. In this ...

Approval of the dam by Egypt and signing of the agreement The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile river in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia and is ...