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Ethiopia said it will not delay a planned second round water filling of its controversial hydroelectric dam project known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Dr Sileshi Bekele, Ethiopia’s Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, said the second round of water filling will be conducted next summer as scheduled. …

At least eleven people are dead and 145 missing after a piece of a Himalayan glacier fell into a river and triggered a huge flood in northern India. The floodwaters burst open a dam and a deluge of water poured through a valley in the state of Uttarakhand. Most of …

Dozens of people are missing and feared dead after a Himalayan glacier crashed into a dam and triggered a huge flood in northern India. As the dam broke open, a deluge of water poured through a valley in the state of Uttarakhand. Villages have been evacuated, but officials warned more …

President Akufo-Addo has inspected the completed “One-Village-One-Dam” project constructed in Namoligo in the Talensi constituency of the Upper East Region. Accompanied by the Upper East Regional Minister, Paulina Abayage, and the Minister for Food and Agriculture,  Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto, President Akufo-Addo was told that the construction, in fulfilment of the …

At least 15,200 persons have been affected by the recent floods in the northern region following torrential rains and spillage of the Bagre dam. Out of this number, 400 houses were destroyed in 102 communities, 10,033 farms wasted and one bridge damaged in the Tolon District. The Kumbungu District in …

The spillage of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso coupled with torrential rains in the Upper East Region have submerged the White Volta bridge at Kobore in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region. The situation has left hundreds of passengers stranded with a lot of livestock washed …

A number of communities in the North East Region have become inaccessible following days of downpour and the subsequent spillage of water from the Bagre dam. Sources say Chereponi, Kpasinkpe, and some other communities in the Mamprugu and Moaduru District cannot be accessed except through Bolgatanga in the Upper East …

Four persons have been confirmed dead following a weeklong heavy downpour and floodwaters from the spillage of the Bagre Dam in the North East Region. Three persons are said to have drowned in the flood in the Bunkpurugu District and East Mamprusi Municipal after a heavy downpour last week, while …

The US is cutting aid to Ethiopia over a controversial mega dam being built on a tributary of the River Nile. The move was triggered by Ethiopia’s move to start filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam before reaching agreement with Egypt and Sudan. Egypt has long been opposed to any …

A total of about 200 acres of farms have been submerged by flood waters in Kwahu Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Region as a result of the spillage of the Bagre dam in neighboring West African country – Burkina Faso. The Afram River is swelling causing serious flood …