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ADDIS ABABA, June 6, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Ethiopian government disclosed that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has generated more than 2,700 gigawatt hours (GWH) of electricity [...]

ADDIS ABABA, March 18, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Ethiopia plans to commission the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) hydroelectric project, which is under construction, later this year, an Ethiopian [...]

ADDIS ABABA, September 10, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday announced the completion of the fourth and final filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance [...]

ADDIS ABABA, August 13, 2022 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Ethiopia announced the successful completion of the third filling of its mega-dam on the Blue Nile. 'It is with great pleasure, [...]

ADDIS ABABA, February 20, 2022 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Ethiopian government on Sunday announced its grand hydroelectric dam has started generating electricity. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday officially [...]

ADDIS ABABA, September 21, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Ethiopia plans to commission the Chinese-built 254 megawatts (MW) Genale Dawa III hydro dam before the end of 2019, an Ethiopian [...]

ADDIS ABABA, February 19, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Chinese construction and engineering company, China Gezhouba Group Co. Ltd. (CGGC), has signed a contract agreement with the Ethiopian government to [...]

ADDIS ABABA, July 29, 2018 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Thousands of Ethiopians came out to the streets on Sunday in the capital to bid farewell to the slain chief engineer [...]

ADDIS ABABA, July 26, 2018 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday conveyed his condolences on the passing of the chief engineer of the Grand Ethiopian [...]

ADDIS ABABA, July 26, 2018 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Chief Engineer of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Simegnew Bekele, was found dead in his own car early Thursday, state [...]

ADDIS ABABA, May 23, 2018 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Ethiopia expects about 500,000 participants in mass athletics events that will be held on May 27, aimed at bolstering public support [...]

ADDIS ABABA, April 28, 2018 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Africa's largest hydro dam project, the 6,450 MW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), is 66 percent complete, an Ethiopian official said [...]

ADDIS ABABA, March 30, 2018 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Ethiopia said on Friday it had sold 56 million U.S. dollars' worth of bond to its diaspora population to finance a [...]

ADDIS ABABA, Oct 20, 2017 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Ethiopian government on Friday disclosed that the construction of its 6,450 MW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has reached 62 [...]

ADDIS ABABA, Oct 12, 2017 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Ethiopia plans to undertake various fundraising mechanisms, including lotteries, music concerts and arts and photo exhibitions, to raise funds for the [...]

ADDIS ABABA, Aug 30, 2017 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Ethiopia has collected 460 million U.S. dollars from the public for the construction of a 6,450 Mega Watts hydro dam on [...]

ADDIS ABABA, Aug 07, 2017 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Ethiopian government on Monday disclosed that the construction of its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has reached 60 percent completion [...]

CAIRO, Jul 22, 2013 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- by Mahmoud Fouly Ethiopia is keen on maintaining strong ties with Egypt and a dam intended to be built by Ethiopia on [...]

CAIRO, Jun 04, 2013 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Egypt's government has decided to form a national commission to tackle the issue of Ethiopia's planned dam on the River Nile, state-run [...]

CAIRO, Jun 03, 2013 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi held a national dialogue session on Monday with different political forces and parties to discuss a report by [...]

CAIRO, Jun 02, 2013 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday called for holding a national dialogue session to discuss a report by the tripartite technical committee [...]

CAIRO, May 29, 2013 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Egypt's Foreign Ministry summoned Ethiopian ambassador to Cairo Wednesday to discuss Ethiopia's recent move of diverting the course of the River Nile [...]