Renaissance Dam One Year On
Addis Ababa, April 2, 2012 (WIC) – It was exactly last year that Ethiopia officially launched one of the biggest development projects yet in its history. What made the project, which is estimated to cost around 80 billion birr (nearly $5 bln), even more audacious was the government’s decision to exploit one of Ethiopia’s untapped rich water resource of Abbay (Nile) River, the longest river in the world. The move was bold because colonial era treaties throughout history precluded the country from exploiting the river. Read more »