Nile by 2050 – The Case of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt (Part I, Part II, and Part III)
By Habtamu Abay Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 2013 Introductory background UN sources indicate that the population of the world in general and that of the developing countries in particular is increasing at an alarmingrate. Due to the advent of modern…
Ethiopia Continues The Renaissance Dam Construction (Video)
By Marthe van der Wolf VOA News ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia and Egypt have been in a diplomatic dispute for weeks over the construction of what will be Africa’s largest hydro-electric dam – impacting the waters of the Nile River. But…
Ethiopia: Haile Gebrselassie to Run for Parliament in 2015
AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Distance running great Haile Gebrselassie is entering politics and may now run for president of Ethiopia — even if his wife is not sure it’s a good idea. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and multiple…
World Bank Sees China, Ethiopia as Good Fit
By Li Lianxing New partnership aims to remove obstacles to foreign investment in promising African nation Ethiopia is attracting significant Chinese foreign direct investment, but has still been lagging in overall FDI. However, an official from the World Bank says…
Addis Ababa City Administration to Register New Condominium House Seekers (Videos)
Update – August 5, 2013: Click link — 40/60 Condo Registration to Start on August 12, 2013 Addis Ababa City Administration to register new Condominium house Seekers May 11, 2013 Addis Ababa City Administration and Commercial Bank of Ethiopia announced a…
Exponential Population Growth and Carrying Capacity of the Ethiopian Economy
By Tsegaye Tegenu, PhD Email: tsegaye.tegenu@epmc.se Introduction On July 5, 2013 the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia announced that the Ethiopian population has reached 86 million people. Seizing the occasion I would like to warn about the consequences of exponential…
Ethiopia Aims To Host Africa’s Tallest Building by 2017
Image: Africa’s tallest tower planned to rise 99 stories in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by 2017. Ethiopia Aims To Host Africa’s Tallest Building by 2017 By Shem Oirere Source: Engineering News Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa, may boast Africa’s tallest building by…
Ethiopia 2013/14 Budget to Focus on Infrastructure
Reuters Ethiopia’s economy is expected to maintain a growth rate of 11 percent in 2013/14 with plans to upgrade infrastructure given prominence in its annual budget, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said on Thursday. The Horn of Africa nation has in…
Ethiopia’s Investment Prospects: A Sectoral Overview
Photo: Henok Assefa, CEO at Precise Consult in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia’s Investment Prospects The June 2013 issue of African Review of Economics and Finance contains a study titled “Ethiopia’s Investment Prospects: A Sectoral Overview” by Henok Assefa, Derk Bienen…
Ethiopians in Tri-Cities – Kitchener, Waterloo and Guelph – Organized a Successful Fund-raising for GERD
Ethiopians living in three cities, Kitchener, Waterloo and Guelph organized a big fund-raising for Hedasse Dam On June 29,2013, Ethiopians living in three cities, Kitchener, Waterloo and Guelph organized a big fund-raising party that attracted so many friendly people. It…
Five Hundred Years Ago, First ever Book was Printed in the Ancient Semitic Language of Ethiopia, Ge’ez
Embassy launch of worldwide access to ancient first book printed in Ge’ez Five hundred years ago this week (30th June), the first ever book was printed in the ancient Semitic language of Ge’ez, the foundation of languages spoken in Ethiopia…
Ethiopia: Ally of the West and a Regional Heavyweight
By Parselelo Kantai in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Meles will be a hard act to follow, but Desalegn should not be underrated. As foreign minister he played a pivotal role in the peace talks between Sudan and South Sudan. A s…
Shifting To See Meles Zenawi in a New Light
By Addis Alem There had always been charismatic Ethiopian leaders who are loved and revered by all Ethiopians, almost as if they were mythical figures right out of the holy books: Tewodros agitating to modernize the newly unified nation, igniting…
Peter Pham Testimony on Ethiopia – “Ethiopia After Meles: The Future of Democracy and Human Rights”
J. Peter Pham, director of the Ansari Africa Center at the Atlantic Council in Washington, testified on 20 June 2013 before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Human Rights and International Organizations on the topic “Ethiopia after Meles: The…
Engineering and Environmental Aspects of the Renaissance Dam
Asfaw Beyene, professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency at San Diego State University, published an informative commentary titled “Reflections on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.” The focus is on the engineering…
Why Ethiopia Rejected the Validity of 1929 and 1959 Agreements?
By: Memar Ayalew Demeke, 17 June 2013 The Nile river, being international and trans-boundary in nature, has been the subject of various agreements. However, there is no internationally agreed up on treaty on the management and utilization of the Nile…
Towards Searching for Workable Options for Egypt to Deal with New Realities
By Desta B. Sbhatu June 16, 2013 … “Egypt will not sign the agreement unless [certain] points of contention are modified.” Al-Din said. The points of contention, for Egypt, include that Egypt be given a decision making position in the…
The International Panel of Experts’ Report on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
The International Panel of Experts commissioned to report on the impact of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has handed its findings to the governments of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. It has produced a lengthy, detailed and technical report after…
Uganda`s President Museveni Says: Africa Won’t Let Egyptians Bully Ethiopia
Photo: Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (Addis Ababa) http://www.ertagov.com/news/ June 13, 2013 President Yoweri Museveni has sternly warned the Egyptian “government and other groups” against making “chauvinist and irrational statements” in the wake of Ethiopia’s…
President Mursi and Compamy – Be Careful What You Wish for Ethiopia and the Great Renaissance Dam
Ambassador Tesfaye Habisso President Mursi & Co., Be Careful What You Wish for Ethiopia and the Renaissance Dam [GERD] “With nine million Ethiopians in need of food aid [every year] and rains in the country becoming ever more unreliable, the…
The Not So Quite Nile “Diplomacy”
By Entehabu Berhe June 2013 Starting May 28, 2013, the Blue Nile (Abay) has taken a brief detour, of less than a kilometer, from its regular path to pave a way for the construction of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam…
If the Only Tool you Have is a Hammer, you Tend to See Every Problem as a Nail
A Storm in a Teacup “I am not worried that the Egyptians will suddenly invade Ethiopia. Nobody who has tried that has lived to tell the story. I don’t think the Egyptians will be any different and I think they…
Ethiopians in Portland, Oregon, Raise $60,000 USD for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)
Ethiopians in Diaspora have been working harder than ever to raise funds for the GERD project. Following the footsteps of other cities in North America and else where, Ethiopians residing in the greater Portland area have successfully raised the funds….
Time the Region Called Egypt’s Bluff and Build Dams to Lower Energy Cost
By KARIUKI MUIRI, Karatina June 10 2013 Ethiopia has dared Egypt to war if the Arab nation attempts to carry out hostile activities to prevent the Blue Nile hydro-power project from being concluded. The 6,000MW Grand Renaissance Dam was conceived…
Ethiopia’s Boom Runs into Limits on Finance
Photo: Rakeb Abebe, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, GAWT International Business PLC Ethiopia By Katrina Manson in Addis Ababa Three banks rejected Tekeste Berhan Habtu for a loan to help build his 11-storey office block. Undeterred, the 59-year-old Ethiopian businessman…
Why Kenya Needs to Heed Belligerent Noises from both Egypt and Ethiopia
Image: Author Charles Onyango-Obbo By CHARLES ONYANGO-OBBO cobbo@ke.nationmedia.com twitter: @cobbo3 June 5, 2013 Kenya could soon be in for a shock. Why? Well, with a new government that is still taking shape, the country is understandably preoccupied with domestic affairs….
Analysis of Late Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi’s Comments on Egypt and Waters of Nile (Video)
AfriSynergy The average elevation of Ethiopia is very high and the lakes and water is up very high, unlike Egypt and Sudan. This makes Ethiopia ideal for dams for producing electrical power. There are radicals and some racists within Egypt…
Sudan Stands by Ethiopia on Dam Project
Photo: Sudanese information minister and government spokesperson Ahmed Bilal Osman confirmed his governments support for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam A rare disagreement between the Sudan and Egypt over “the possible impact of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam” unveiled on Thursday….
International Legal Perspectives on the Utilization of Trans-Boundary Rivers – The Case of the Ethiopian Renaissance (Nile) Dam
International Legal Perspectives on the Utilization of Trans-Boundary Rivers – The Case of the Ethiopian Renaissance (Nile) Dam By Habtamu Alebachew, Mekelle University, College of Law and Governance Ethiopia Paper Presented to the Ninth IUCN Colloquium, North West University of…
Egyptian Approaches to the New Developments in the Nile Politics: Water Diplomacy or Water War? Which Way?
By: Memar Ayalew Demeke The politics of the Nile is full of tension, mistrust, anxiety, mystery and diplomatic confrontation among the downstream and upstream riparian countries since time immemorial. The basin has never seen cooperation until recent times. However, there…
Nile Dams – Egypt, Ethiopia, Look for Safe Ground
Editor’s note: Much of the reporting in the past week on Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam, under construction on the Blue Nile, has been inflammatory and misinformed. However, the report below is a balanced report we have seen so far coming out…
Ethiopians Living in Switzerland Raise Over $105,000 USD for the Grand Renaissance Dam
Ethiopians living in Switzerland have raised over 100, 000.00 Swiss Franc for the Grand Renaissance Dam Ethiopians living in Switzerland have raised over 100, 000.00 Swiss Franc about $105630.00 USA dollars for the Grand Renaissance Dam in a very successful…
Egyptian Politicians Caught Plotting How to Attack Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Video)
Egyptian politicians caught plotting how to attack Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Unaware their meeting has been aired live on TV the Egyptian politicians were suggesting how to sabotage or attack the Ethiopian dam. The emergency meeting was called by…
Panel Report: Ethiopia’s Nile Dam won’t Affect Egypt
Egypt in the past has threatened to go to war over its ‘historic rights’ to Nile River water Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – June 3, 2013 — An independent panel of experts has concluded that the country’s multi-billion dollar hydropower dam…
Ethiopians Rededicate Support for Renaissance Dam at May 28 Celebrations in London
London, UK – June 3, 2013 — Ethiopians in the UK rededicated themselves to supporting the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) at the 22nd anniversary of May 28 when the Dergue regime fell and new vistas for…
Coming Soon: Kenya’s Largest Fresh Water Dam on River Tana
By WACHIRA KANG’ARU – wkangaru@ke.nationmedia.com AND FRANCIS MUREITHI – fmureithi@ke.nationmedia.com June 3 2013 IN SUMMARY The High Grand Falls Dam is part of the Sh1.5 trillion Lamu Port and Lamu Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (Lapsset), which was officially launched in…
Clouds over the Nile
By Alsir Sidahmed June 2, 2013 The short-lived row that erupted last week on the announcement that Ethiopia has started changing the course of the Blue Nile is the most tangible move to construct the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam…
The Sensational News of “Diversion” of Blue Nile River
By Habtamu Abay Email: abay_habtamu@yahoo.com Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 1, 2013 — If one is interested to hold the attention of Ethiopians, Egyptians and the Sudanese at the same time, a single dose of one “drug” is just enough for…
Retired Commander of Egyptian Forces General Mohamed Ali Bilal, Said that it is Impossible to Strike the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Photo: General Mohamed Ali Bilal, retired General Mohamed Ali Bilal, commander of Egyptian forces during the Gulf war, said that it is “impossible” to strike the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam because such a decision would be issuing a challenge to the…
Shared Destiny Tied by the Gift of the Nile
Government Perspective May 30, 2013 The Nile basin countries are sleeping giants. They are endowed with substantial human and physical assets which, combined with proper financial and technological resources, have the potential to spur high levels of economic growth and…
Diplomatic Implications of Diverting the Flow of Nile River by Ethiopia
By Habtamu Alebachew Bye, Bye Perceptions and Zero-Sum Games, Welcome Reasons and Dialogues!! Ethiopia announced its successful diversion in the flow of Abay River (not in the course of the river as some media people wrongly use the term without…
Mother Ethiopia Diverts the Blue Nile River and Opens a New Chapter
By Blen Tilahun It was only 2 decades ago that the world was worried that Ethiopia could end-up in a chaotic disintegration and lawlessness of seen in Yugoslavia and Somalia. Just 10 years ago, many were skeptic of Ethiopia’s development…
Inside Story – Death on the Nile – Al Jazeera Video
May 30, 2013 The River Nile has been a source of life for millions over the centuries. Now Ethiopia is diverting water to build a giant dam pushing those downstream who depend on the river, to wonder when and whether…
Ethiopia’s Leader, Hailemariam Desalegn, Aims to Maintain Tight Rein on Key Businesses
Photo: An Ethiopian Orthodox Priest talking on a mobile phone By Katrina Manson Addis Ababa, May 27, 2013 — Ethiopia’s new prime minister has ruled out loosening state control of key businesses, dealing a blow to foreign investors circling one…
Ethiopia: Dispelling the Curse of the Nile
By Terefe Masresha Since Ethiopia started building a large dam on the Nile River, it has been at the receiving end of a barrage of disinformation and mixed messages aimed at discouraging, frustrating and halting the construction. This means putting…
Ethiopia Diverts Nile for Huge $4.7 Billion Hydro Dam (Video)
By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, May 28, 2013 – (Reuters) – Ethiopia began diverting a stretch of the Nile on Tuesday to make way for a $4.7 billion hydroelectric dam that is worrying downstream countries dependent on the world’s longest…
Egyptian Ambassador: Ethiopia Dam “a Reality” to Cope with
Egypt’s Ambassador to Ethiopia Mohamed Idrees described Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam as a “reality” that Egypt must cope with and added that his country’s goal in its ongoing dialogue with Ethiopia is not to shut down the project, but to find…
Brazilian Bank May Provide $1 Billion to Ethiopian Rail
By William Davison May 27, 2013 Ethiopia is in talks to receive $1 billion in funding from the Brazilian Development Bank to build a section of a railway that will be extended to connect to neighboring South Sudan, a Foreign…
Egyptian TV Interviews Meles Zenawi on Nile River and the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Videos)
The late PM Meles Zenawi gave this interview to the Egyptian TV in 2011. Who really owns the Nile river? Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia or other East African countries? Take your time and watch these four videos. PM Meles Zenawi was…
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