Ethiopia inaugurated the continent's largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday in what Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called a ...

Just as the Suez Canal and the Aswan High Dam reshaped Egypt’s destiny, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) promises ...

Ethiopia is seemed as better placed to host the 2027 UN climate summit than its West African rival - at least for now ...

Fears of instability rise again as the TPLF and the federal government appear to be gearing up for a showdown.

Eritrea’s exclusion from the Pretoria peace deal and Ethiopia’s renewed push for Red Sea access have reopened old wounds.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), located on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, has finally been inaugurated. While many celebrate its potential to boost the country's economy, concerns persist in ...

Opinion - The U.S. State Department's newly released 2024 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Ethiopia reads like a haunting déjà vu. For the fifth consecutive year, Washington has cataloged ...

Ethiopia opens Africa's largest dam in a project expected to be transformational for the power-deprived continent — but it is a subject of a bitter three-way dispute impacting millions of people.

Reports indicate the waters of the Blue Nile in Sudan have receded to unprecedented levels, disrupting the annual flood ...

On September 7, 2025, history will be made in Addis Ababa as Ethiopia hosts the first in-person Africa-CARICOM Summit, a meeting that not only represents a diplomatic milestone but a profound ...

Map of the river Nile locating the Grand Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia. A section of the river has been diverted to complete construction of the huge dam which is worrying downstream countries dependent ...

About the author -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Geography -- Ethiopia as the roof of Africa -- Ethiopia's geophysical mosaic -- Geology -- Ethiopia as a water tower -- Temperature -- Vegetation ...