Updated Oct. 15 at 1:29 p.m. A colossal dam is near completion ... A view of the Blue Nile River canyon, the natural boundary between Ethiopia's Oromia and Amhara regions. (Yonas Tadesse for ...

A new £4 billion mega-dam is ... 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.

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countries like Egypt and Sudan are not happy about the dam’s near completion with the water usage taken from the Nile River being the main concern. Egypt’s foreign ministry said: "Ethiopia's ...

The dam registered ... the GERD on the Nile River in April 2011. The mega hydroelectric power project has since then been a major issue among the three Nile-bound countries of Ethiopia, Egypt ...

Researchers propose a framework for equitable sharing of the Nile's water and hydropower resources during extended drought periods. A new study proposes a science-based policy for operating the Nile ...

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In mid-2013, Ethiopia began construction ... To some in the water policy community, the dam represents tangible evidence that efforts to develop joint and comprehensive management of the entire Nile ...

Egypt, a downstream country of the Nile River, has been critical of the mega dam since Ethiopia's $4 billion ... Meanwhile, two new deals — one between Egypt and Somalia and another between ...

KUMAMOTO--Kumamoto Governor Ikuo Kabashima is poised to approve a new plan to construct a flood-control dam for the Kawabegawa river, which is a tributary of Kumagawa river, sources said on Nov. 11.