Ethiopia says the GERD hydroelectric dam will be a boon to the region, but Egypt and Sudan say it could threaten their ...

At full capacity, it could generate close to 6,000 megawatts of electricity, double Ethiopia’s entire output before the dam was built. Currently, just over 22% of the country’s 122m people are ...

The Nile River's annual flooding brought rich, fertile soil to the otherwise barren deserts of Egypt, making it possible for agriculture to thrive and enabling cities to flourish.

The documentary explores the significance of the Nile River, tracing its journey from Lake Victoria through Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt. It highlights the river's historical importance to ancient ...

Nine years of talks and several fragile agreements over how to share the water of the world’s longest river were almost thrown out of the window last week — all because of a bout of heavy rain.

A new mega-dam being built by Ethiopia on the Nile River is threatening to spark a war over water and shift political influence in northeastern Africa. Ethiopia sees the dam as the key to its ...

An FIU Institute of Environment professor has published a book addressing concerns surrounding the operation and filling of the largest dam in Africa. Assefa Melesse, a professor of water resources ...

That could be about to change. Ethiopia’s very big dam The Blue Nile River is the Nile’s largest tributary and supplies about 85% of the water entering Egypt.