Ethiopia’s Renaissance mega-dam fuels energy hopes and regional anxiety

Mongabay
Feb 6, 2026, 1:30 am120 pts
This January, U.S. President Donald Trump offered to act as a mediator between Egypt and Ethiopia over Nile River waters, signaling renewed interest in the dispute. Ethiopia’s flagship project, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), launched in 2011, has been a source of prolonged friction among Nile…

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