In February of 2022, Ethiopia began producing electricity for the first time from its Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD), touted to be Africa’s largest hydroelectric power source upon its completion. Since ground was broken on the project in 2011, it has triggered a dispute between Ethiopia on one side, and Sudan and Egypt on the other. This is because the GERD is situated on the Blue Nile, the main tributary to the river Nile, which…
