Ethiopia: From Vision to Victory: Honoring the Spirit That Built GERD

Ethiopia: From Vision to Victory: Honoring the Spirit That Built GERD

Addis Abeba -- When Ethiopia's late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi unveiled the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in April 2011, he announced more than an engineering marvel--he declared Ethiopia's return to the Nile. For over a century, colonial-era treaties denied Ethiopia a fair share of the Nile, to which it contributes 85% of the flow. GERD thus emerged not merely as a hydroelectric project but as a bold assertion of sovereignty, pride, a…