{"id":5166,"date":"2025-07-07T12:36:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/?p=5166"},"modified":"2025-07-07T12:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:37:00","slug":"primeiro-ministro-da-etiopia-afirma-que-mega-barragem-gerd-no-nilo-esta-completa-en-ethiopias-pm-abiy-ahmed-says-mega-dam-gerd-on-the-nile-now-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/2025\/07\/07\/primeiro-ministro-da-etiopia-afirma-que-mega-barragem-gerd-no-nilo-esta-completa-en-ethiopias-pm-abiy-ahmed-says-mega-dam-gerd-on-the-nile-now-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia\u2019s PM Abiy Ahmed says mega dam GERD on the Nile \u2018now complete\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20220220__323K2DE__v2__HighRes__EthiopiaSudanEgyptDamElectricity-1751546901.webp\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20220220__323K2DE__v2__HighRes__EthiopiaSudanEgyptDamElectricity-1751546901.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Via: Aljazeera<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEthiopia\u2019s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said a multibillion-dollar mega dam on the Blue Nile, which has caused deep consternation to downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan over its effect on their water supply, is complete and will be officially inaugurated in September.<\/p>\n<p>Of that regional concern over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Abiy said on Thursday in an address to parliament: \u201cTo our neighbours downstream \u2013 Egypt and Sudan \u2013 our message is clear: the Renaissance Dam is not a threat, but a shared opportunity \u2026 The energy and development it will generate stand to uplift not just Ethiopia.<br \/>\n  Egypt and Sudan have expressed concerns about GERD\u2019s operation, fearing it could threaten their access to vital Nile waters. Negotiations to reach a three-way agreement with Ethiopia have failed to make a breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt, which is already suffering from severe water scarcity, sees the dam as an existential threat, as the country relies on the Nile for 97 percent of its water needs.<\/p>\n<p>The GERD, launched in 2011 with a $4bn budget, is considered Africa\u2019s largest hydroelectric project, stretching 1.8km (about one mile) wide and 145 metres (475ft) high.<br \/>\n  Ethiopia says the dam, located on the Blue Nile, a major tributary of the Nile River, is vital for its electrification programme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/7\/3\/ethiopias-pm-abiy-ahmed-says-mega-dam-gerd-on-the-nile-now-complete\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via: Aljazeera \u201cEthiopia\u2019s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said a multibillion-dollar mega dam on the Blue Nile, which has caused deep consternation to downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan over its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/2025\/07\/07\/primeiro-ministro-da-etiopia-afirma-que-mega-barragem-gerd-no-nilo-esta-completa-en-ethiopias-pm-abiy-ahmed-says-mega-dam-gerd-on-the-nile-now-complete\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ethiopia\u2019s PM Abiy Ahmed says mega dam GERD on the Nile \u2018now complete\u2019<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.10.7","language":"en","enabled_languages":["br","en"],"languages":{"br":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5166"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5170,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5166\/revisions\/5170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}