Damming the Blue Nile - which locally goes by Abay - is no trivial task. It is this much sung about river that is most detrimental to the existence of the Nile, without whom will be two thirds the ...

Habtamu stated that Ethiopia has been actively engaging in a multitude of initiatives aimed at safeguarding the Abay River, ...

The Abay River, which contributes 85 per cent of the Nile water, accounts for 55 percent of Ethiopia's water resource, while 40 per cent of the country's population live in its surrounding.