The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), positioned on the Blue Nile, is set to become the largest hydroelectric plant in ...

Some believe that this is the River Ghion – the legendary river which flowed out from the Garden of Eden In the upper reaches of the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, the people have a sacred relationship ...

In a ceremony held on Tuesday, Ethiopia began diverting the flow of the Blue Nile River as part of the first phase construction work of the massive power plant project which is underway in ...

Join the BBC's Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead and his team, travelling from the Blue Nile's source to the sea - through Ethiopia and Sudan into Egypt. Flying high above the river and its ...

Therefore, it's raising fears of reduced water supply further down the river due to its placement in Western Ethiopia, right before the Blue Nile enters Sudan. However, Sudan has access to the ...

Prof Julien Harou, Chair of Water Engineering at The University of Manchester and corresponding author of the study At the heart of the dispute lies the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) - a ...

Ethiopia's State Minister of Water and Energy ... Located in the northwestern Benishangul-Gumuz region on the Blue Nile River, the GERD was initially designed to generate 6,500 megawatts of ...

First of all, the GERD has been something of a hotly contested issue between Ethiopia and the Egyptian government. The Nile River has two main tributaries, the White and Blue Nile. Although the White ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Updated Oct. 15 at 1:29 p.m. A colossal dam is near completion on ...

The Ethiopian authorities released this picture of the dam last week after the completion of the fifth phase of filling Ethiopia has said Egypt “must abandon its aggressive approach” towards a ...