A view of the Blue Nile River canyon, the natural boundary between Ethiopia's Oromia and Amhara regions. (Yonas Tadesse for The Washington Post) Max Bearak is The Washington Post's Nairobi bureau ...

Floods arrive without warning; droughts linger longer than expected. Yet amid these rising uncertainties, a collective tide ...

The longest river in the world is the Nile River, located in Africa. It is an important backbone for the survival and ...

The Nile River - source of life for Egypt and Sudan. But upstream, Ethiopia is rewriting history. Since 2011, they've been constructing Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam. With 80% of the Nile ...

In the heart of Africa, where the mighty Nile has been a lifeline for millions of people for centuries, a monumental project is unfolding that could reshape ...

Across Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, and Rwanda-nations stitched together by the River Nile's timeless flow-a new current of hope is rising ...

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Approval of the dam by Egypt and signing of the agreement The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile river in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia and is ...

[Reuters, Stringer] Ethiopia began producing electricity on Sunday from its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a multi-billion-dollar hydropower plant on the River Nile that neighbours Sudan ...

"Now that all riparian countries are sovereign, it is essential to find new, equitable solutions for managing and sharing the Nile's resources, which is exactly what the CFA proposes." Ethiopia's ...