Africa’s water future rests on whether the African Union can insulate its continental investment plans from the ...

Fifteen years after construction first broke ground and barely five months on from its inauguration, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has come once ...

US President Donald J. Trump has offered to restart United States–led mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Nile ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) now functions as a cornerstone of Ethiopian national infrastructure, actively generating power and transforming the socio-economic landscape. Its operational ...

But the U.S. is not perceived as an honest broker when it comes to the GERD. It’s not surprising that Sisi welcomed the White House’s engagement, since during Trump’s first term, the U.S. proposed an ...

On January 16, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump sent a letter to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi proposing American ...

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during the first power generation ceremony at the site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, Ethiopia [File: Amanuel Sileshi/AFP] ...

President Donald Trump says he's ready to restart U.S. mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia over Nile River water sharing ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday ripped the United States' decision to "finance" the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), ...

US President Donald Trump’s recent offer to revive US mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has once again spotlighted the protracted and often ...

Abdulhakim Shamsuddin was 14 and in high school in the city of Dire Dawa when he first heard that he could contribute to the building of a dam on the Blue Nile. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Environmental systems scientist at the University of Delaware. Yet the advent of GERD could also not have been possible without ...