The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has demanded an “urgent clarification” of Ethiopia after conflicting reports on whether it had begun to fill the reservoir of its giant dam on the Blue Nile River. Ethiopian state television reported that the filling of the Ethiopian Great Renaissance Dam (GERD) began on Wednesday, a …
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A satellite image of the brochure shows a close-up view of the Ethiopian Renaissance Great Dam (GERD) and the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia, June 26, 2020. Satellite Image © 2020 Maxar Technologies via REUTERS ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia began filling the Great Renaissance dam, a giant hydroelectric project …
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FILE PHOTO: A satellite image showing a close-up view of the Ethiopian Great Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia on July 12, 2020. Satellite image © 2020 Maxar Technologies via REUTERS ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia began filling the Great Renaissance dam, a giant hydroelectric project …
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Ethiopia began filling the Great Renaissance, a giant hydroelectric dam being built on the Blue Nile, its water minister said on Wednesday after talks with Sudan and Egypt on the structure stalled. The dam is the centerpiece of Ethiopia’s bid to become Africa’s largest energy exporter. “The construction of the …
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ADDIS ABABA / CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have failed to reach agreement in a new round of talks organized by the African Union to regulate the flow of water from the giant Blue Nile hydroelectric dam built by Addis Ababa , the three countries said. A satellite …
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