GERD – Ethio Negari

23 Mar

Africa’s biggest dam reaches 90 percent completion

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Environment, News, PoliticsAddisAbaba, Dam, Egypt, electricity, Energy, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, GERD, irrigation, Sudan, Water, Waterpolitics

Africa's biggest dam reaches 90 percent completion. Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) construction left only 10 percent to completion. GERD Coordination Project Office announced that the construction of the Great Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been completed 90 percent. The office has given a press release regarding the 12th-year cornerstone of Renaissance Dam construction. The dam will be completed and fully operational next year and will generate 5200 MW of power. GERD, the biggest dam in Africa, which is being built for 5 billion dollars, is being covered by the Ethiopians and the government. The dam's two turbines are currently generating…

16 Mar

Ethiopia rejects Egypt’s new comment on GERD

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, News, PoliticsAddisAbaba, Cairo, Egypt, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, GERD, Sudan, Waterpolitics

Ethiopia rejects Egypt's new comment on GERD The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia (MoFA) rejects the irresponsible statement attributed to the Foreign Minister of Egypt threatening Ethiopia with yet another all options are open' declaration. The ministery said that, such a threat constitutes a flagrant breach of the United Nations Charter and Constitutive Act of the African Union. Egypt's act stands as a clear violation of the Agreement on the Declaration of Principles on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) signed on 23 March 2015 between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, the ministry added. And also Ethiopia said that, Egypt…

11 Mar

Russia announces not to politicise the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Environment, News, PoliticsAddisAbaba, Egypt, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, GERD, Negotiations, Russia, Sudan, Waterpolitics

Russia announces not to politicise the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia said that, while the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a development issue, no need to politicise it. The Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Yegni Terki, told Ethio FM that his government is free and independent on the dam. The ambassador stated that Moscow has good relations with Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, and that he will not accept the effort to make the dam a political issue. He recalled that Russia opposed the dam negotiation process when it went to the Security Council. He also stated that…

The Art of Dominance: GERD is a pretext for meddling<br>Is President Yoweri Museveni the only “Trojan Horse” for Egypt?

22 Aug

The Art of Dominance: GERD is a pretext for meddling
Is President Yoweri Museveni the only “Trojan Horse” for Egypt?

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsOpinionsAddisAbaba, AklogBirara, Alogbirara, Egypt, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, GERD, NILE

In this series and before I have argued that Egypt deploys all types of instruments to weaken, fragment and dismantle Ethiopia. I provided ample evidence that Egypt does this successfully by identifying, financing, equipping, and arming Ethiopian domestic terrorists, dissidents, profiteers, ethno-nationalists, and secessionists. Externally, Egypt mobilizes, charms, and persuades other countries to support its causes. Unfortunately for Ethiopia, the country’s poor, corrupt, ineffective and ethnicized governance has made Ethiopia porous. There is no doubt in my assessment this enabling environment offers Egypt, terrorists, and other forces inimical to Ethiopia windows of opportunity to weaken and destabilize this ancient country…

12 Aug

Ethiopia Completes Third Phase Filling of Grand Renaissance Dam

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsNewsAddisAbaba, Dam, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, GERD

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced today that Ethiopia has successfully attained its third filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The Abbay water has now started to flow over the top of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam for the third time. Accordingly, the height of the middle part of this mega-dam reached 600 meters above sea level and the left and right sides were 611 Meters.

17 Jun

Ethiopians Contribute Over 984m birr for GERD Project in 11-month

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsNewsAddisAbaba, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, GERD

Ethiopians have made more than 984 million birr contribution in the last eleven months to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) construction project. This was announced by the Office of the National Council for the Coordination of Public Participation on the GERD on Thursday. The office said the contribution was made from Bonds sales both here amd abroad, direct support, sales of pins, and through 8100 SMS. Since the onset of the GERD, the public has contributed more than 16.7 billion birr via various ways including buying Dam bonds and direct support to Ethiopia’s flagship project The construction of the…