The conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia is often described as a dispute over a dam, but it is really a struggle over water security, historical power, national development, and regional influence. At ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president and Ethiopia’s prime minister have met to discuss bilateral relations, including construction of a giant dam on the Blue Nile, ahead of a summit in Cairo to discuss ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is operating at no more than 50 percent of its maximum power generation capacity, ...

Egypt, on the other hand, insists that the dam should not go operational before a binding and comprehensive agreement on its filling and long-term operation is reached. Sudan appears to take a middle ...

FILE - This June 28, 2013 file photo, shows construction work at the site of the planned Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Assosa in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, near Sudan, some 800 ...

In response to Addis Ababa’s announcement of plans to begin the second phase of filling the reservoir behind the dam under construction on the Blue Nile, Cairo — backed by a growing chorus of ...

Cairo's drive to remove existential threat posed by Ethiopian dam is no longer the only issue in the region ...

Ethiopia announced on Sunday it had completed the fourth and final phase of filling a reservoir for its huge and controversial hydroelectric power plant on the Blue Nile, a project that Egypt and ...