Did 15,000 people die during GERD's construction? DW unpacks some key facts about Ethiopia's mega dam, including why Addis Ababa does not recognize the 1959 Nile Water treaty between Egypt and ...

Funding calls had gone out since the project was launched in 2011, with the government also issuing bonds to fund construction of the mile-long, 475-foot-high structure. The celebrations in Ethiopia, ...

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PARONG, India (Reuters) -India fears a planned Chinese mega-dam in Tibet will reduce water flows on a major river by up to 85% during the dry season, according to four sources familiar with the matter ...

What are the simmering tensions around the official launch of the dam? The dispute over the allocation and use of the Nile waters has been going on for many years. This has been exacerbated by climate ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — With great fanfare Ethiopia inaugurated its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Tuesday – the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa but one that's divided the region ...

On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam -- India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water. India ...

China’s aggressive green energy expansion, including large-scale hydropower and solar projects in Tibet, is raising concerns ...

Johannesburg — Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile is scheduled to open Tuesday to major fanfare in Ethiopia. The $5 billion dam project ...

India says the proposed new mega-dam could counteract rival China's building of a likely record-breaking dam upstream in Tibet by stockpiling water and guarding ...