Downstream in Egypt, where the Nile meets the sea ... canyon-carving river. When completed, the dam will be the 10th largest in the world and will have 13 turbines that could produce 5 gigawatts ...

Egypt’s historical rights to the Nile River make this unresolved diplomatic standoff over water rights a critical obstacle. Ethiopia’s dam construction challenged Egeypt’s dominance by ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

The GERD is crucial to Ethiopia, which contributes at least 85 per cent of the Nile’s waters. This makes the dam vital for its economic development. Egypt’s reliance on outdated agreements ...

Researchers propose a framework for equitable sharing of the Nile's water and hydropower resources during extended drought periods. A new study proposes a science-based policy for operating the Nile ...

A new £4 billion mega-dam is now the largest in Africa ... financing for projects on the Blue Nile River has persistently been attributed to Egypt's campaign to keep control of Nile water sharing.

The invention of the shaduf was very important in the story of Ancient Egypt. It helped people to easily access the water from the River Nile. They built a system of canals to bring the water to ...

Egypt has long been at loggerheads with Ethiopia over the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a multimillion-dollar project on the Nile River (archived here). Egypt, which relies on the Nile ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) was built on the Blue Nile and is Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam. Once completed, the dam aims to power millions of homes, increase economic growth ...

Sail along the historic Nile river from Aswan to Luxor, surrounded by the timeless beauty of Egypt's ancient landmarks ... of the building of the Aswan Dam, the whole site was relocated to ...