Development

Nile dam: Water wars averted for now (Katrina Manson)

When Ethiopia’s plan to dam the Blue Nile grew grander within a month of the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak,…

Global | Cost of wind energy expected to decline 12% by 2016

A report based on research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute covering developments in wind power finds that global installed wind…

The status of Ethiopia’s electricity export plans | The Africa Report

The Africa Report reports that if energy exports between Sudan and Ethiopia get past some initial teething problems, the interconnection…

Turkish, Chinese sign up for Mekele – Awash new Rail route | Ethiopia

A Turkish and a Chinese companies signed up to build a new railway route connecting central Ethiopia with the northern…

Gibe III dam | Chinese investment welcome but more controls are needed

In southern Ethiopia, a giant wall of concrete is rising between the sides of a steep gorge. When complete, the…

HRW tells Ethiopia: No shortcut to dev’t; Suspend Gibe III & Sugar plantations

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a 73-page report, titled “‘What Will Happen if Hunger Comes?’: Abuses against the Indigenous Peoples…

Sudanese experts confer on Ethiopia’s Renaissance dam in Khartoum

As reported previously, Sudan held a symposium titled “Ethiopia’s Millennium Dam and future of development in the Sudan”, last week.…

Gibe III dam| Lake Turkana: Set to dry? (Lion Lepalo Gideon)

[By: Lion Lepalo Gideon - Save Lake Turkana Campaign Project] The proposed building of Gibe 3 Dam by Ethiopia will…

Profile: Ethiopian Sugar Corporation’s Projects

[Compiled from Ethiopian Sugar Corporation website- inc. the maps]  Brief note on Ethiopian Sugar Industries Sugar Agro-industry development in Ethiopia…

Nile: Sudan says Renaissance dam beneficial, calls for a fair water sharing

[Sudan’s] Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Prof. Saif Addin Hamad Abdallah said the Ministry conducted several studies on the…

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