Ethiopia completes third filling of Blue Nile mega-dam
Ethiopia has successfully completed the third phase of filling the reservoir of its mega-dam on the Blue Nile, despite protests from Sudan and Egypt, which border the Nile downstream. PM @AbiyAhmedAli announced the successful completion of the GERD's 3rd filling. Sudan and Egypt have repeatedly asked Ethiopia to stop filling the Gerd, pending the conclusion of a tripartite agreement on this subject and on the modalities of operation of the dam. At the end of July, Egypt had protested to the UN Security Council against the announced intention of Ethiopia to continue "unilaterally" during the current rainy season. The filling of the reservoir started in July 2020, despite the lack of agreement between the three countries concerned by the subject.
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August 12, 2022 13:58 UTC
Ethiopia completes third phase of filling giant Nile dam
Ethiopia has completed the third phase of filling the reservoir for its huge dam on the Blue Nile river, the government said on Friday, a process that continues to irk the country’s downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan. Addis Ababa says the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a $4 billion hydropower project, is crucial to powering its economic development, but Egypt and Sudan consider it a serious threat to their vital water supplies. Ethiopia sees the GERD as the centre piece of its bid to become Africa’s biggest power exporter, with a projected capacity of more than 6 000 megawatts. Abiy held a ceremony officially turning on the dam’s second turbine on Thursday, six months after the first came online. Photographs shared by Abiy’s office showed him standing at a podium in front of a huge plume of water being discharged from the front of the dam.
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August 12, 2022 13:31 UTC
Why Ethiopia’s $5 Billion Dam Has Riled Its Neighbors
Placeholder while article actions loadEthiopia has been at loggerheads with downstream neighbors Egypt and Sudan for years over a $5 billion mega-dam it’s building on the Nile River. A third phase of filling a 74 billion cubic-meter (2.6 trillion cubic-foot) reservoir behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was completed in August, a process that’s reignited tensions. Ethiopia captured more water in 2021 and 2022, and the dam contained 22 billion liters -- almost a third of its capacity -- by August. During Omar al-Bashir’s rule, Sudan accepted Ethiopia’s assurances that the dam would help control flooding and that Sudan would benefit from the power generated. The Arab League has sided with Egypt and Sudan and demanded that an accord be reached that protects their water flows.
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August 12, 2022 12:33 UTC
Ethiopia says it has completed the third filling of the mega dam reservoir – AFR
The announcement comes a day after Ethiopia said it had started power production from the second turbine at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in the west of the country. “As you can see behind me today, the third fill is complete,” Abiy said in pictures shown on state television of the dam construction site. Cairo and Khartoum consider it a threat due to their dependence on Nile water, while Ethiopia considers it essential for the electrification and development of Africa’s second most populous country. The filling process of the GERD’s huge reservoir with a total capacity of 74 billion cubic meters started in 2020. The 145-meter (475-foot) structure spans the Blue Nile in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of western Ethiopia, near the border with Sudan.
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August 12, 2022 12:29 UTC
Ethiopia says completes third filling of mega-dam reservoir
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August 12, 2022 09:21 UTC
Afghan refugees resettle in U.S. nearly one year after evacuations
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August 12, 2022 09:01 UTC
News Analysis: Boundary works between Addis Abeba, Oromia a big mistake: EZEMA
“Bottom-up” approach should have been implemented to delineate the administrative boundary boundaries between Addis Abeba city and Oromia region, a confidential, high-ranking official working at the Ministry of Justice told Addis Standard. He further expressed that the government officials from the said areas of Addis Abeba and Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finnfine will hold discussions with the residents that will be affected by the decisions. Another interviewee, raising the same concerns, stated that when she was seeking services, the city administration and the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finnfine had discrepancies. EZEMA’s announcement comes in the backdrop of the decision made that the boundary delimitation will be executed between all the districts around Addis Abeba and the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finnfine. Neither the Addis Abeba city administration nor the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finnfine has released any official information regarding the demarcation agreement.
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August 12, 2022 08:47 UTC
Ethiopia Successfully Completes Third Filling of GERD
0 shares ShareTweetPinAddis Ababa, August 12, 2022 (Walta) – Ethiopia has successfully completed the third filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) today. That means Ethiopia has harnessed 270 megawatts of power from the second turbine that goes operational yesterday. The civil work is 95 percent completed while the electromechanical work is 61 percent completed according to Kifle Horo, GERD Project Engineer. The dam height has reached 600 meters above sea level while holding back more than 22 billion cubic meters of water in the dam reservoir. When completed in 2024, the dam will power the African economies with over 6000 megawatts of power.
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August 12, 2022 07:46 UTC
47 Ethiopian illegal immigrants arrested in northern Tanzania
Tanzanian Immigration authorities said on Thursday they arrested 47 Ethiopian illegal immigrants in a special crackdown in the country’s northern region of Kilimanjaro. Edward Mwenda, a senior immigration officer for the Kilimanjaro region, said the immigrants were arrested on Wednesday night in a crackdown mounted in collaboration with the police. “The Ethiopian illegal immigrants were arrested in Mgagao village in Mwanga district in Kilimanjaro region,” said Mwenda, adding that initial investigations have revealed that they were in transit to South Africa to seek green pastures. He said the immigration authorities were also holding a Tanzanian national in connection with facilitating the transportation of the immigrants. Mwenda said the immigrants entered the region, bordering Kenya, using illegal border routes.
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August 12, 2022 07:32 UTC
Ethiopia Govt in ‘Direct Engagements’ With Tigray Rebels: AU
The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan rebels have had “direct engagements,” the African Union said in a statement made public on Thursday, in the first official confirmation of such contacts between the two warring sides. The government has been locked in a grinding conflict with the rebels, but in recent weeks both sides have mooted the possibility of talks to end the 21-month war, with Ethiopia pushing for the AU to lead any negotiations. The rebels on the other hand, want Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, who has been actively involved in peace efforts, to mediate between the two parties. In November 2020, Abiy ordered troops into Tigray to topple the TPLF, accusing the rebels of attacking federal army camps. The TPLF mounted a shock comeback in June last year, retaking Tigray and expanding into neighboring Afar and Amhara, before the war reached a stalemate.
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August 12, 2022 06:42 UTC
Ethiopia launches second power turbine at Nile dam, as Sudan monitors
August 11, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – Ethiopia launched a second turbine generator to produce power at the mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Thursday, disregarding demands by downstream countries for water and technical understandings. With this second hydropower generator, Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) has begun generating 375 megawatts (MW) of electricity per day; similar to the capacity of the first turbine launched on February 20, 2022. Abiy reassuresPrime Minister Abiy Ahmed officially inaugurated the second turbine and reiterated that this dam aims to produce power and does not intend to harm Egypt and Sudan. Up on completion, the $5 billion project will be Africa’s largest dam with a power generation capacity of 6,400 MW. Located 15 Km from Roseires reservoir, the GERD threatens the safety of the Sudanese small dam built in 1961.
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August 12, 2022 06:13 UTC
Rwanda, DR Congo Leaders to Begin Talks to End Regional Tensions
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to begin talks to ease the tension over fighting in eastern Congo. Blinken, speaking in Rwanda Thursday, said he also raised human rights concerns and the detention of U.S. permanent resident Paul Rusesabagina. Blinken said the presidents of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo, Paul Kagame and Felix Tshisekedi, respectively, have agreed to open direct communications aimed at ending tensions in eastern Congo. The two leaders have accused each other of supporting rebel groups in the chronically volatile region. Blinken said both Kagame and Tshisekedi welcomed the United States’ support and committed to begin processes toward achieving stability.
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August 12, 2022 06:04 UTC
Ethiopia’s mega dam Second turbine started generating power
borkenaEthiopian State media breaking news coverage of inauguration of the power generation from the Second turbine of the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD). The project manager did not say it officially but there are reports that the third filling of the dam is completed as Ethiopia has been experiencing heavy rainfall in the fast five or six weeks. Watch the coverage from state media belowFor more Ethiopian News Video, Check HERETelegram Channel : t.me/borkenaBusiness ListingJoin the conversation. Follow us on Twitter @zborkenato get latest Ethiopian News updates regularly. To share information or for submission, send e-mail to info@borkena
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August 12, 2022 05:38 UTC
Ethiopian Airlines alert passengers on increasing activities of scammers
The management of Ethiopian Airlines has cautioned pessengers to be mindful of the increasing activities of scammers posting fake travel information. A press release signed by General Manager, Ethiopian Airlines Nigeria, explained that there has been a recent increase in the activities of scammers who post fake promotions and payment platforms in Nigeria for different Airlines. This necessitates a notice to travellers and the public to beware of being taken by surprise. “Ethiopian Airlines will not call you for payment or ask you to pay into any account. Please do crosscheck all links before making payments.”“Ethiopian Airlines have offices in four cities in Nigeria and can be reached at the international airports in Kano, Enugu, Abuja and Lagos.”
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August 12, 2022 04:48 UTC
Ethiopia begins new phase of the Grand Renaissance Dam
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), one of the most expensive initiatives in recent history across the African continent, has been inaugurated the second functional turbine at its facility on Thursday. Also crossed by the Nile, and with whom negotiations on the management of the Grand Renaissance Dam have been frozen for more than a year now. "Our goal is to produce energy for development, but without harming the downstream countries," said the prime minister. This is why the prime minister of Addis Ababa has addressed part of his words to his northern neighbours. AFP/AFP - Map of East Africa showing the Nile and the Grand Renaissance Dam in EthiopiaIndeed, Egypt recently warned about cracks in the concrete façade of a sub-dam, linked to the Grand Renaissance Dam, in a letter to the UN Security Council.
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August 12, 2022 04:44 UTC