by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (September 7, 2018) Federal police investigating the killing of an engineer for Ethiopia’s corruption tainted hydro electric dam said he committed suicide. Simegnew Bekele was found dead on July 26, 2018 in his car parked at the central Meskel Square in Addis Ababa with a pistol on his side. Federal Police Commissioner, Zeinu Jemal, told ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (September 5, 2018) Seven years after the launch of what would be Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam, the contractor, Metal and Engineering Corporation (METEC), has received millions of dollars in payments without completing any of its electro mechanical projects. An investigative report by Walta Information Center revealed that METEC has completed only 30% of the electro ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (August 29, 2018) Workers at Ethiopia’s renaissance mega electric dam continued their strike for the fifth day demanding pay increases and an end to workplace abuses. Construction at the dam, also known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, has been going on for eight years despite initial plans to complete the project in five years. ...

ESAT News (May 1, 2018) Ethiopia and Sudan have reportedly agreed to set up a joint military force to protect Ethiopia’s mega hydroelectric dam which Egypt fears will cut into its water supply. Negotiations over the share of the water among the three countries have failed last month. While Egypt is wary of the consequence of the dam on downstream ...

By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 22, 2018) Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn rejected arbitration by World Bank over dam dispute as requested by Egypt last month. Desalegn was speaking to the state run news agency upon his return from a visit to Cairo where he held talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fetah Al Sisi, senior Egyptian officials and the ...

ESAT News (December 26, 2017) Egypt has called for World Bank mediation to resolve a stalemate with Ethiopia that is building a hydroelectric dam on the Abay River. Egypt says the construction of the dam will significantly reduce its share of water. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry was in Addis Ababa on Tuesday to hold talks with his Ethiopian counterpart, ...

ESAT News (December 25, 2017) Egyptian media reported that foreign minister Sameh Shoukry is set to arrive in Ethiopia on Tuesday for talks with his counterpart Workneh Gebeyehu to “break the deadlock” in tripartite negotiation over the construction of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam. The two sides are expected to iron out their differences regarding the work of the tripartite technical committee ...