Development

Ethiopia: Kesem-Kebena dam delayed, cost surge by 600 ml Birr

The Ministry of Water and Energy and Water Works Construction Enterprise (WWCE) said that though the construction of the Kesem…

Gibe III: Ethiopian dam spurs debate (By: Jenny Vaughan)

The mud-coloured Omo River which snakes through green gorges, feeding lush vegetation and providing vital water to one of Ethiopia's…

Ethiopia: Draft plan aims at generating 37,000 MW electricity

The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation is revising its power sector master plan for the next twenty five years taking in…

World Bank approves $200 mil for Ethiopia’s electricity network

The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank approved a US$200 million credit to Ethiopia, according to the press…

Nile: Ethiopia powers on with controversial dam project | CNN

The waters of the Blue Nile have for millennia flowed down from the Ethiopian highlands enriching the countries on its…

Gibe III dam to be operational next year; World Bank ponders credit

Ethiopia’s Gibe III Hydropower dam will be operational by mid-2013. The Gibe III dam project, with about 1,870 MW installed…

Nile: The Int’l Panel of Experts on Renaissance dam officially launched

After a year-long foot dragging, the expert committee on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project was officially launched its activities…

Sudan, South Sudan to resume negotiations on May 17 in Addis

(May 12 - Xinhua) - The African Union High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan (AUHIP) has set May 17 as the…

Analysis | Sudan’s Oil War

Highlights: * The accelerating outbreak in violence, culminating in South Sudan’s incursion into Heglig, is a direct result of the…

Ethiopia: Oil- explorer expects billions of barrels in Ogaden basin

SouthWest Energy, an Ethiopian oil- exploration company, said it’s optimistic about the results of a seismic survey in the Ogaden…

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