Ethiopia inaugurated the continent's largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) in what Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called a "great achievement for all black people", but it drew a ...

Ethiopia has officially inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, a project expected to generate over 5,000 megawatts of electricity, doubling the country's output and ...

Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed at the official inauguration ceremony of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, on 9 September 2025. © Luis Tato ...

BENISHANGUL-GUMUZ, ETHIOPIA – FEBRUARY 19: A view of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a massive hydropower plant on the River Nile that neighbors Sudan and Egypt, as the dam started to produce ...

Ethiopia inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on Tuesday, a $5 billion project aimed at electrifying millions of homes. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has stoked years of tension with ...

Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, as the $5bn project continues to sow dismay with downstream neighbours Sudan and Egypt. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has ...

Ethiopia officially inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on Tuesday, a project that will provide energy to millions of Ethiopians while deepening a rift with downstream Egypt that has ...

Abdulhakim Shamsuddin was 14 and in high school in the city of Dire Dawa when he first heard that he could contribute to the building of a dam on the Blue Nile. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, ...