Ethiopia’s dam of dreams, and Egypt’s existential fear

Ethiopia’s dam of dreams, and Egypt’s existential fear

Looming high above the Blue Nile and stretching nearly two kilometres across, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a nation-building project and potential economic revolution 14 years in the making.With its inauguration today, it is officially Africa's largest hydroelectric project.While the dam — which cost the equivalent of almost $6

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