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Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed delivers his remarks during the official inauguration ceremony of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, on September 9, 2025. Luis TATO / AFP

Cheers and jeers: Ethiopia inaugurates controversial dam

Addis Ababa has finally inaugurated the long-awaited and much-touted GERD—Africa's biggest dam—leaving Egypt and Sudan worried about the impact on their water supply downstream

Sharif Mohammad 13 September 2025
A member of the Republican March Band poses for photo before at the ceremony for the inaugural energy production at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, Ethiopia, on February 20, 2022. AFP

No Egyptian cheers for Ethiopia’s Blue Nile dam completion

As Addis Ababa stands to benefit from electricity and revenues, it reassures downstream nations that the $4bn river barrier is an opportunity, not a threat. That's not the view from Cairo.

Amr Emam 09 July 2025
An aerial view of the Nile River. shutterstock

Egypt sets red line over Blue Nile amid deadlock with Ethiopia

An Egyptian minister warns Ethiopia it will "pay" for any harm done to Egypt's water security, stoking speculation that the long-running clash over its GERD dam will spark a water war

Amr Emam 11 April 2024
This general view shows an Ethiopian national flag flying in front of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, Ethiopia, on February 19, 2022. AFP

Ethiopia pushes Egypt into tight corner after Nile dam talks collapse

Cairo reserves its right under international charters to defend its water source as a matter of national security in the event of harm, raising the spectre of military conflict.

Amr Emam 27 December 2023
Recent reports in the US about the exploding African population mentioned the Sudanese capital Khartoum as one of the African capitals that was already exploding with people. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo

American Reports: Khartoum Invaded by the “Marginalized”

Recent reports in the US about the exploding African population, and future estimates of Africans becoming a third of the world population by 2100, mentioned the Sudanese capital Khartoum as one of…

Majalla 03 December 2021
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Ethiopia. (Getty)

The Water Wars Defining Middle East Future

Armed conflicts are not new to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It is the only region in the world where people, on daily basis, witness stories of territorial disputes, civil wars,…

Dalia Ziada 11 June 2021
US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman meets with Sudanese Foreign Minister Maryam al-Sadeq al-Mahdi in Khartoum on May 7, 2021. (Getty)

Khartoum's GERD Fears and Hopes

As Ethiopia prepares to move forward with the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) mega-dam it is building on the Blue Nile, differences between Sudan and Ethiopia are…

Khalid Saad Osman – Khartoum 11 June 2021
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