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African country's incredible £3bn mega dam that's the largest on the continent
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) was built on the Blue Nile and is Africa's largest hydroelectric dam. Once completed, the dam aims to power millions of homes, increase economic growth and ...
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Powering Africa: 6,450-MW Ethiopian dam to harness Nile waters for energy
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), positioned on the Blue Nile, is set to become the largest hydroelectric plant in ...
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Africa’s largest dam powers dreams of prosperity in Ethiopia — and fears of hunger in Egypt
“I pray to God that this never happens.” The dam spans the Nile’s mightiest tributary — the Blue Nile, or Abay, as it is known to Ethiopians. More than 90 percent of the water that flows ...
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Africa's incredible £4bn mega-dam built to transform country
is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile River. The dam is in Guba, in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia, about 9 miles east of the border with Sudan. Constructed between 2011 and 2023 ...
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Fifty years on, the Nile dam that changed Egypt
The river is formed by its two tributaries, the Blue Nile, originating from Lake Tana in Ethiopia and the White Nile, from Lake Victoria in Uganda. The tributaries meet in central Sudan from where ...
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A taste of Nile water politics
Nile basin ministers’ tour of mega Ethiopian dam leaves sour taste for Egypt Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia | RONALD ...
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Energy trades could help resolve Nile conflict
a large dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia constructed to improve Ethiopia's electricity access and to export electricity to neighbouring countries. The project sparked tensions between Ethiopia, ...