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Powering Africa: 6,450-MW Ethiopian dam to harness Nile waters for energy
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), positioned on the Blue Nile, is set to become the largest hydroelectric plant in ...
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Africa's second-longest river that's the world's deepest and passes through 7 countries
from the Amazon in South America to the Nile in Africa. While the Nile is the longest and probably the most famous river in Africa, it is certainly not the deepest. This is because the Congo ...
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Could Africa's largest water dispute be avoided with open science? Researchers propose how to share Nile's resources
One of the biggest conflicts in the Middle East and Eastern Africa is brewing ... branches: The Blue Nile from the Ethiopian Highlands accounting for more than 80% of the river's flow, and the ...
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Damming the Nile: Explore with 360 video
Join the BBC's Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead and his team, travelling from the Blue Nile's source to the sea - through Ethiopia and Sudan into Egypt. Flying high above the river and its ...
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The power of the Nile
In Africa, it is estimated that 200 people a year get taken by Nile crocodiles ... the legendary river which flowed out from the Garden of Eden In the upper reaches of the Blue Nile in Ethiopia ...
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Nile dam row: Ethiopia's pop stars hit out
In June, Ethiopia began filing the mega dam it has been built on the Blue Nile - which could have ... should learn to share the waters of the River Nile. Called Demo Le Abbay, meaning "If They ...
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Africa’s largest dam powers dreams of prosperity in Ethiopia — and fears of hunger in Egypt
In Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, the Blue Nile merges with the White Nile, a snaking river that has passed through ... analyst focusing on the Horn of Africa at the Stockholm International Peace ...