STORY: Ethiopia officially inaugurated Africa's largest hydroelectric dam on Tuesday. The project, dubbed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD, aims to provide energy to millions... But widens ...

Funding calls had gone out since the project was launched in 2011, with the government also issuing bonds to fund construction of the mile-long, 475-foot-high structure. The celebrations in Ethiopia, ...

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 ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appointed State Minister of Finance Eyob Tekalign as the new central bank governor on Friday, after Mamo Mihretu left the position earlier ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday called on Ethiopian authorities to take action to address a wave of improper detentions, stating that security forces have arbitrarily arrested several journalists ...