On April 18, 2026, as spring unfolds along the Nile, the Aswan High Dam stands as a testament to human ingenuity, controlling the river that shaped ancient civilizations. This colossal structure not ...

Addis Ababa, October 3, 2026 (ENA)—Minister of Water and Energy Habtamu Itefa underscored that the historical legacy of Egypt’s Aswan High Dam and its construction caused major social disruption while ...

The dam is 111 m (364 ft) high and 3,830 m (12,562 ft) long, with a base 980 m (3,220 ft) wide. Its mass of earth and rock reads as a broad, low ridge rather than a slender wall, and the scale becomes ...

Over the past decade, observers have watched with trepidation as tensions increased between Egypt and Ethiopia over the construction of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River.

Ever since construction began a decade ago, there’s been serious contention between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a huge project straddling the Blue Nile ...