The just ended Ethiopian Year 2017 could well be looked back on as a crucial period for the country characterized by seismic ...

As is custom, the start of a new year in Ethiopia is accompanied by wishes for peace, happiness, and prosperity from friends, ...

Ethiopia inaugurated the continent's largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday in what Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called a ...

Ethiopia and downstream countries, particularly Egypt, have long-standing dispute over Nile water rights dating back decades ...

Reports indicate the waters of the Blue Nile in Sudan have receded to unprecedented levels, disrupting the annual flood ...

After decades of work, funding delays and regional pushback, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is inaugurated.

In April 2011, Ethiopia began construction of Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile river. The dam is expected to generate more than 6,000 ...

Looming high above the Blue Nile and stretching nearly two kilometres across, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has ...

Map of the river Nile locating the Grand Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia. A section of the river has been diverted to complete construction of the huge dam which is worrying downstream countries dependent ...

A day after Ethiopia inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Egypt has renewed warnings that the project ...

How the Tigray crisis is affecting families in the U.S. As chaos envelops Kabul after Afghanistan's government collapsed and the Taliban seized control, horrific stories and heartbreaking images also ...

About the author -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Geography -- Ethiopia as the roof of Africa -- Ethiopia's geophysical mosaic -- Geology -- Ethiopia as a water tower -- Temperature -- Vegetation ...