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Filling of GERD Creates Public Trust on Gov’t in Handling Construction of Dam
The successful completion of the second round filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reinforces the trust of the public in the handling of the construction of the dam by the government, residents of Addis Ababa noted.Some residents of the capi…
IGAD Provides Tractors To Communities At Mandera Cross-Border Area In Kenya
July 22, 2021 (MANDERA, Kenya): July 22, 2021 (MANDERA, Kenya): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) through its Nairobi-based Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) today held a ceremony to mark the handing over of 2 tractors to communities in Mandera on March 27. IGAD Executive Secretary, Dr Workenh Gebeyehu, presided the ceremony along […]
Ethiopia’s Afar Region Urges Civilians to Fight Tigray Rebels
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia’s Afar region called on civilians Friday to take up arms against rebels from neighboring Tigray, signaling a potential escalation in fighting that has already displaced tens of thousands this week. “Every Afar should protect their land with any means available, whether by guns, sticks or stones,” the regional president, Awol […]
GERD Will Continue to be Source of Cooperation
Millions of Ethiopians here and in the Diaspora are celebrating the second phase of filling GERD with greater ululations and jubilation. The dream of building a dam on the Blue Nile by King Lalibela and the protection of the catchment area of the River by Emperor Yohannes IV, the treacherous treaty that the British intended […]
Filling of Dam Proves Ethiopia’s Stance Not to Harm Downstream Countries, Says Researcher
(ENA) The completion of the second round filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has exposed the misinformation disseminated by Egypt and Sudan that the dam will harm their people by causing water scarcity, a researcher on Ethiopian and Arab relations said. In an exclusive interview with ENA, the researcher Zahid Zaidan al-Harari said […]