US EditionEthiopia Declares Grand Renaissance Dam Complete, Plans September Inauguration
- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared that the water filling stage of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been completed, assuring that this milestone has not caused any impact on Egypt's Aswan Dam.
- The dam, begun in 2011, sparked nearly 12 years of unsuccessful negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan over water management and dam operation.
- Egypt views the GERD as an existential threat to its water supply, relying on the Nile for over 90 percent of its needs amid population growth and climate pressures.
- President Trump blamed earlier US governments for financially supporting the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, alleging it diminished the Nile's water flow to Egypt, while depicting himself as a mediator in the dispute despite expert challenges to his claims.
- With negotiations stalled and no binding agreement, the dam's completion intensifies regional tensions, leading Egypt to strengthen military and diplomatic measures while Ethiopia asserts sovereign development.
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the completion of the Great Renaissance Dam to be inaugurated in September. This major hydroelectric project generates tensions with Sudan
PM: Ethiopia’s mega dam on the Nile ‘now complete’
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday said that a contentious multi-billion-dollar mega-dam on the Blue Nile is now complete and set to be officially inaugurated in September. “The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is now complete, and we are preparing for its official inauguration,” Abiy told parliament of the dam that has been a source of tension with
Ethiopia: False Claims, Real Stakes - Why Ethiopia Should Refute Trump's Recent Remarks About GERD
Addis Abeba -- In a recent and provocative statement, U.S. President Donald Trump falsely claimed that "America funded the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)" and that the dam "has cut off water from the Nile River" and "reduced Egypt's water supply." In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, ".....I won't get a Nobel Peace Prize for keeping peace between Egypt and Ethiopia (a massive Ethiopian-built dam, stupidly financed by the United States…
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