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flag Ethiopia's $5.1 billion dam, inaugurated in Sept. 2025, generates clean energy and triggers tensions with Egypt over Nile water rights.

flag The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, officially inaugurated in September 2025, marks Ethiopia’s emergence as a regional power in Nile Basin politics, enabling 5,100 MW of electricity generation and flood control while heightening tensions with Egypt over water security. flag The project, funded partly by public contributions and advanced during Egypt’s political instability, has sparked diplomatic disputes but also spurred regional cooperation, including Kenya’s plan to buy Ethiopian power. flag Water scarcity across Africa, exacerbated by climate change and weak governance, threatens hundreds of millions, especially vulnerable communities, underscoring the urgent need for equitable, inclusive transboundary water agreements to prevent conflict.

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