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The latest talks over the mega dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary have broken up without an agreement. Ethiopia’s chief negotiator, Seleshi Bekele, said the ...
The countries have been at odds over the filling and operation of the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), under construction near Ethiopia's border with Sudan on the Blue Nile ...
Ethiopia has asked the United States to postpone what was expected to be the final round of talks on the giant Blue Nile hydropower dam, it said on Wednesday, delaying the potential resolution of ...
The dam could also serve as a bridge across the Blue Nile, complementing a bridge that was under construction in 2009 further upstream. [98] An independent assessment estimated that at least 5,110 people will be resettled from the reservoir and downstream area, and the dam is expected to lead to a significant change in the fish ecology. [94]
According to the Egyptian authorities, the dam, if built, would become existential threat to 100 million Egyptians. [ 26 ] Sameh Shoukry , Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt, has also complained about even though Cairo initiated and engaged in painstaking negotiations on the dam to reach a fair and just agreement, those efforts “came to ...
Fincha (Blue Nile) China Gezhouba Group Co. (CGGC) Exim Bank of China: $276m: Tendaho: 2014: Awash River: EWWCE? Genale Dawa III: ca. 2017: between Oromo and Somali state: Chinese CGGC: Chinese: $408m: GERD: ca. 2021: Blue Nile River: Salini: Government: Euro 4.8 billion: Awarded without competitive bid, conflict with Egypt over water usage ...
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