Published on: Wed, 2013-11-27 00:00
When the government of Ethiopia finishes building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2017 or 2018, it will not only have built the largest hydroelectric power-generation plant in Africa, but also stirred up tensions among African nations, and indelibly altered a river that itself has guided millennia of human history in the region.
Published on: Tue, 2013-11-26 00:00
ታላቁ የኢትዮጵያ ህዳሴ ኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል ማመንጫ ግድብ ግንባታ መጋቢት 24 ቀን 2003 ዓ.ም ይፋ ከሆነበት ጊዜ ጀምሮ እስከ አሁን ድረስ የተለያዩ ሥራዎች ተከናውነዋል፡፡
Published on: Fri, 2013-11-22 00:00
London-listed oil firm Genel Energy is planning to invest $500 million for exploration activities in Ethiopia, Somaliland, Ivory Coast, Malta and Morocco in the next two years, the company's president said told Reuters on Friday.
Published on: Thu, 2013-11-21 00:00
Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have discussed implementation modalities of the reports of International Panel of Experts.
Published on: Thu, 2013-11-21 00:00
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved US $68 million in financing for the multinational Inga Site Development and Electricity Access Support Project (PASEL).
Published on: Wed, 2013-11-20 00:00
Addis Ababa is a city under construction. This is a section of Bole road, one of the main streets in Addis Ababa. Seen from hundreds of metres in the sky, yellow earth movers burrow into the ground and shape a new landscape that speaks of an on-going revolution.
Published on: Wed, 2013-11-20 00:00
The Turkish Anadolu news agency reported on Wednesday that Ethiopia rejected a request by Egypt to jointly build all stages of the Renaissance Dam so as to make sure that Egypts share of Nile water is not affected.
Published on: Wed, 2013-11-20 00:00
The counting of gas investments within the African Development Bank (AFDB)’s $2.2 billion clean energy portfolio is stirring ‘internal argument’ among leading bank experts, as the continent prepares for a possible shale gas boom.
Published on: Wed, 2013-11-20 00:00
The Egyptian and Ethiopian leaders have met for the first time to discuss tensions over Ethiopia's construction of a huge hydropower dam on the river Nile but the meeting ended without any agreement, sources said. This is according to a report by Al Jazeera.
Published on: Tue, 2013-11-19 00:00
I should have known my Wednesday morning phone interview wouldn't go well.
The mobile reception in my neighborhood had been spotty for days preceding my call with Andrew Rugege, the director of the Africa Regional Office at the International Telecommunications Union.
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