Tag: Dam

  • Ethiopia: Koysha hydropower Dam at 39% complete

    Ethiopia: Koysha hydropower Dam at 39% complete

    Addis Ababa (HAN) October 4. 2020. Public Diplomacy, Monitoring Regional Issues. Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Dr Seleshi Bekele and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Dr. Vera Songwe visited the construction of Koysha hydropower project. With 2,160 megawatts generation capacity, Koysha is the fourth hydropower project under construction on…

  • Eritrea: Somali Leader arrived in Asmara, discuss progress of bilateral ties

    Eritrea: Somali Leader arrived in Asmara, discuss progress of bilateral ties

    ASMARA (HAN) October 4. 2020. Public Diplomacy, Monitoring Regional Issues. The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohammed A. Mohammed, arrived in Asmara in mid-morning hours today for 2-day working visit. President Mohammed & his delegation were accorded warm welcome by President Isaias Afwerki on arrival at Asmara International Airport. The two Heads…

  • Ethiopia: Abiy Ahmed Visits Koysha Hydropower Project 2020

    Ethiopia: Abiy Ahmed Visits Koysha Hydropower Project 2020

    Ethiopia- ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 20. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed today visited the Koysha hydropower project. With 2,160 megawatts generation capacity, the project is being built in Koysha woreda, SNNP regional state. According to the Ethiopian Electric Power, the project is now more than…

  • GRAND ETHIOPIAN RENAISSANCE DAM AS SEEN FROM HUMAN RIGHTS CONTEXT

    GRAND ETHIOPIAN RENAISSANCE DAM AS SEEN FROM HUMAN RIGHTS CONTEXT

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 16. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. It has been almost a decade since Ethiopia has launched the construction of the GERD in 2011. The project is fully funded by Ethiopians and it is considered as a flagship of transformation for the economy of the country.…

  • Ethiopia: U.S. Aid Suspension Regarding GERD “Makes No Sense”

    Ethiopia: U.S. Aid Suspension Regarding GERD “Makes No Sense”

    Addis Ababa (HAN) September 13. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. U.S’s suspension of development aid to put pressure on Ethiopia regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), “makes absolutely no sense”, the former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Herman J. Cohen said. The U.S. Secretary of…

  • Ethiopia: Citizen Diplomacy for GERD, Nile Water Negotiations

    Ethiopia: Citizen Diplomacy for GERD, Nile Water Negotiations

    Addis Ababa (HAN) September 10. 2020. Monitoring Regional Issues. Ethiopia needs to effectively make use of citizen diplomacy to make its side of the story heard and harness the benefits in the negotiation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and Nile waters talk. Endale Nigusse, Diplomacy and International Relations Lecturer at Civil Service University…

  • Eritrea: Logo Dam is just the beginning

    Eritrea: Logo Dam is just the beginning

    ASMARA (HAN) September 10. 2020. Monitoring Regional Issues. As global warming keeps threatening the inhabitants of our planet, Eritreans have been working hard on their piece of earth to fight desertification, erosion and the scarcity of water. In Eritrea, “every drop of water must be saved and stored at all costs”; they even made that…

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