Ethiopia: With Cooperation, Trust We Can Prosper

Given its national importance and the irreplaceable economic and social benefits it yields to the national economy, Ethiopia has started constructing a flagship hydropower dam (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam-GERD) at its water resource-Abay River. Following the commencement of the dam, however, a number of concerns have been raised regarding the dam, saying it will reduce the pattern and flow of water and causes environmental issues.

In fact, the potential impacts of the dam have been studied;and for the past decade Ethiopia has been concomitantly reiterating as the nation has no intention to harm riparian countries, including Sudan and Egypt, except developing it for generating hydroelectric power.

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