Waterfall on the Blue Nile river in West Gojjam, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. This region is threatened by natural hazards such as flooding due to climate change. Global warming as well as recent droughts ...

In April 2011, Ethiopia began construction of Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile river. The dam is expected to generate more than 6,000 ...

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - At an open-air, riverbank factory where the Blue Nile and White Nile meet in Sudan, Mohamed Ahmed al Ameen and his colleagues mould thousands of bricks every day from mud ...

Look at Egypt on Google Earth and you will see a green line snaking through a sand-colored landscape, fanning out into a triangle in the north. This emerald ribbon is the vegetation that grows on ...

The Nile holds the distinction of being the longest river in the world, stretching over 6,000 km across 11 African nations.

Ethiopia says its mega-dam on the River Nile is now complete, following years of tensions with Egypt and Sudan over its construction that many feared would lead to war in Africa. The contentious ...

Johannesburg — Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile is scheduled to open Tuesday to major fanfare in Ethiopia. The $5 billion dam project ...

Sudan is the largest country on the African continent. One major topographical feature of Sudan is the Nile river (Nīl, Nahr an-). The White Nile (Abyad, Al-Bahr al-)goes into the country through the ...

The former head of Ethiopia's public electric company and 49 others were charged with corruption linked to a dam on the Blue Nile river, the state-owned ENA press agency said Friday. Egyptians depend ...

Scientists have shed light on a new, transformative approach that could help resolve a dispute over the Nile river’s water resources. The Nile is one of the longest rivers globally and spreads over 11 ...