Ethiopia has announced that it will construct a controversial multibillion-dollar Nile River dam that ... including newcomer South Sudan. The project—the Grand Millennium Dam—has sparked ...

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have reached ... biggest hydro-electric dam. The three nations agreed, following a meeting in Washington DC, that the mega dam on the River Nile should be filled in ...

Sudan has supported the project since 2012 because of these benefits. But Egypt maintains that any upstream dam on the Nile River threatens the flow of the Nile. The GERD's reservoir can hold more ...

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South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Through arid Egypt and Sudan, the river forms a green valley in the vast desert landscape before fanning out into the fertile Nile Delta. The construction of ...

An agreement on Ethiopia's controversial Nile River dam is possible, the UN said Thursday, urging "trust, transparency and open engagement" as Egypt accused Addis ...

Sudan and Ethiopia. Zeid says the meeting will attempt to settle contentious issues over the so-called Renaissance Dam that Ethiopia is building over the Blue Nile River. The meeting was scheduled ...

Ethiopia says the hydroelectric Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam should unite countries that benefit from the Nile River. Egypt says the GERD ... Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. The ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...