Tensions in the region have increased, stemming in part from Ethiopia’s construction of a $4 billion dam on the Blue Nile, a ...

A view of the Blue Nile River canyon, the natural boundary between Ethiopia's Oromia and Amhara regions. (Yonas Tadesse for The Washington Post) Max Bearak is The Washington Post's Nairobi bureau ...

River Nile River is a source of livelihood for millions of people who live along its banks in Ethiopia alone and accounts for two-thirds of the nation's surface water, according to the minister.

and Sudan have been locked in a political dispute since 2011 over Ethiopia’s construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a massive hydroelectric dam on the Nile River that ...

WE HUMANS sure love to measure and rank stuff. Over the course of our civilisation, we have measured and ranked pretty much anything worth doing like the biggest continent (Asia), the tallest ...