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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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Egypt is wooing states in the Nile Basin and Horn of Africa using its defence industry and security expertise to counter geopolitical worries over the Red Sea and the Suez Canal

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Egypt takes back the lead in Africa politics

Cairo is wooing states in the Nile Basin and Horn of Africa using its defence industry and security expertise to counter geopolitical worries over the Red Sea and the Suez Canal

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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.

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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.

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) listens as Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry speaks during a US-Egypt strategic dialogue at the State Department in Washington, DC on November 8, 2021. (Photo by Alex Brandon / POOL / AFP)

US-Egypt Affairs Beyond the Strategic Dialogue

Time and experience have proven that Egypt is, by far, the most important strategic partner for the United States in the most complicated and misunderstood region of the Middle East. Although it took…

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at the inauguration of the newly remodeled Meskel Square on June 13, 2021 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Getty)

Islamizing the Nile River Conflict

The Ethiopian government is purposefully involving religious rhetoric into justifying its technical dispute over the Nile River with Egypt and Sudan. The reasons why Abiy Ahmed government decided to…

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Vintage engraving of Ruins of Luxor from the Nile in Ancient Egypt, 19th Century, by David Roberts. (Getty)

“From the Memory of Land and River”

“Don’t know much about history” goes the famous song and, to the new generation, it is more of a statement. It could be a coincidence or a choice, but the fact remains, our children are detached from…

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