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Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed GERD US re-engages in GERD dispute as tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt escalate

Tensions have once again escalated between Egypt and Ethiopia over GERD, Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, and now Trump has offered to mediate

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed GERD Ethiopia inaugurates Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam as regional tensions with Egypt and Sudan persist

Ethiopia has officially opened the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, marking the end of a 14-year, USD 5 billion undertaking that has reshaped both the country’s energy ambitions and the geopolitics of the Nile Basin.

The US wants to play powerbroker in a fight over the Nile River, but a bigger threat looms

What is at stake in the negotiations between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and what has been the response of the US