Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Welcome to Foreign Policy's Africa Brief. Ethiopia opened Africa's largest hydroelectric dam on Tuesday, ending Egypt's majority ...

Looming high above the Blue Nile and stretching nearly two kilometres across, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a nation-building project and potential economic revolution 14 years ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is complete and operating, but for Egypt, the dispute over the Nile is far from over. Cairo is now putting new focus on what happens after construction, ...

Ethiopia is in negotiations with three Italian banks for €400 million in loans to complete the 1,800-megawatt Koysha dam.

The formal launch of Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in September 2025 made news across the world. There was pomp and ceremony as Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam was officially ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia on Tuesday inaugurated Africa’s largest dam to boost the economy, end frequent blackouts and support the growth of electric vehicle development in a country that ...

A defiant material that may lead to the eruption of a new water war across Africa, Africa has witnessed the opening of the largest hydro dam in the continent with a grand event that may precipitate ...

Ethiopia on Tuesday inaugurated Africa’s largest dam to boost the economy, end frequent blackouts and support the growth of electric vehicle development in a country that has banned the importation of ...