More Things The World Should Know About Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD)

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For too long, others dictated the Nile's future. Now, Ethiopia has changed the game—with the mighty Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising  @Reuters @AFP @bpolitics @BBCAfrica @CNNAfrica @AJEnglish @AsstSecStateAF pic.twitter.com/2S50NuT4J6 Share on X

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Ethiopia is saying. This isn't just a dam. It’s power for the people. It’s pride, purpose, and progress. #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @EUSR_Weber @SFRCdems @SenateForeign @HouseForeign @StateDept @FCDOGovUK @MikeHammerUSA @EUSR_Weber pic.twitter.com/MszAYoHYYs Share on X

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Colonial-era treaties gave Egypt control of the Nile. Ethiopia wasn’t even at the table. Now, We Ethiopians have taken the seat, the table, the voice, the Pride as the name explained it GERD the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam!  #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @HannaTetteh Share on X

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60% of Ethiopians still live without electricity. GERD isn’t luxury. It’s necessity. #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @LaetitiaBader @KenRoth @amnest  @BradSherman @ChrisCoons @SFRCdems @SFRCdems @HouseForeign @UKParliament @EU_Commission pic.twitter.com/7RPXWRjrWv Share on X

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Africa’s biggest hydropower dam is here. In ETHIOPIA. It will light homes, power factories, and connect nations. #GERD #ItsMyDam #EthiopiaRising @eucopresident @vonderleyen @JanezLenarcic @USAmbUN @CanadaFP @eu_eeas @SFRCdems @SenateForeign pic.twitter.com/hziUyA15Av Share on X

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No loans. No dependency. Ethiopians built the dam with their own hands and hearts.  #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @HouseForeign @eucopresident @JosepBorrellF @trussliz @UKParliament @CanadaFP  @vonderleyen @Reuters @AFP @bpolitics @BBCAfrica pic.twitter.com/4Na0eSu5e6 Share on X

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While the usual suspect s were eager to label us as chaotic, Ethiopians calmly built Africa's largest dam.  GERD was born in our determination—now, the world must listen. #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @CNNAfrica @AJEnglish @AsstSecStateAF pic.twitter.com/Jt81fBcA8r Share on X

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They tried pressure, threats, and isolation. We Ethiopians kept building. Because we knew why it mattered. #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @EUSR_Weber @SFRCdems @SenateForeign @HouseForeign @StateDept @FCDOGovUK  @EUSR_Weber @HannaTetteh pic.twitter.com/BZZ9SLnk5h Share on X

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Nile, We Ethiopians call it Abay River, A treaty signed in 1929 should not define 2025. Fairness must replace privilege. #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @LaetitiaBader @KenRoth @amnest  @BradSherman @ChrisCoons @SFRCdems @SFRCdems @HouseForeign pic.twitter.com/8rRe8jSqWq Share on X

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Water can unite or divide. The land of Origin, Ethiopia, chose to share power, not hoard water. #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @UKParliament @EU_Commission @eucopresident @vonderleyen @JanezLenarcic @USAmbUN @CanadaFP @eu_eeas @SFRCdems pic.twitter.com/DZ88eGB52p Share on X

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From Addis to Nairobi to Djibouti—electricity will flow. The Horn of Africa will rise together. #GERD #ItsMyDam #EthiopiaRising @SenateForeign @HouseForeign @eucopresident @JosepBorrellF @trussliz @UKParliament @CanadaFP  @vonderleyen pic.twitter.com/sK9Ljwc7uq Share on X

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We Ethiopians didn’t just dream GERD. We funded it, built it, and now we own it—together. DONE!  #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @Reuters @AFP @bpolitics @BBCAfrica @CNNAfrica @AJEnglish @AsstSecStateAF @EUSR_Weber @SFRCdems @SenateForeign pic.twitter.com/L6GuXdNXqT Share on X

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When Ethiopia’s DAM GERD started, the world doubted. Now, the turbines spin and the lights turn on.  #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @HouseForeign @StateDept @FCDOGovUK @MikeHammerUSA @EUSR_Weber @HannaTetteh @LaetitiaBader @KenRoth @BradSherman pic.twitter.com/jgH9Y06j1P Share on X

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Ethiopia’s Mothers, workers, students, farmers—everyone gave something to make GERD real. This is people’s power. #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @ChrisCoons @SFRCdems @SFRCdems @HouseForeign @UKParliament @EU_Commission @eucopresident pic.twitter.com/uDGM1Vrv8x Share on X

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No country funded GERD for us. We Ethiopians didn’t wait for permission.We made it happen. #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @vonderleyen @JanezLenarcic @USAmbUN @CanadaFP @eu_eeas @SFRCdems @SenateForeign @HouseForeign @eucopresident pic.twitter.com/elKigURTkZ Share on X

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Water should never be a reason for war. It should be a reason to talk, to plan, to grow. Ethiopia Proved that!  #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @JosepBorrellF @trussliz @UKParliament @CanadaFP  @vonderleyen @Reuters @AFP @bpolitics @BBCAfrica pic.twitter.com/LtWmguGKXt Share on X

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This dam lifted more than concrete. It lifted a nation’s spirit. Great Ethiopian Renaissance will not stop, keeps Running!  #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @CNNAfrica @AJEnglish @AsstSecStateAF @EUSR_Weber @SFRCdems @SenateForeign @HouseForeign pic.twitter.com/fvtEAHwGbJ Share on X

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For Ethiopia and its People, this is about development, not dominance. About survival, not superiority. #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @StateDept @FCDOGovUK @EUSR_Weber @HannaTetteh @LaetitiaBader @KenRoth @amnest  @BradSherman @ChrisCoons pic.twitter.com/2S50NuT4J6 Share on X

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The Nile is not owned. It flows. Our Ethiopians’ Abay River will be used and Egypt’s Nile will Keep its natural flow.  Let it bring life to all who live along its banks. #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @SFRCdems @SFRCdems @HouseForeign pic.twitter.com/62OTzET82D Share on X

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Ethiopia stood firm, built strong, and finished what it started. Now we light up the future. #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @UKParliament @EU_Commission @eucopresident @vonderleyen @JanezLenarcic @USAmbUN @CanadaFP @eu_eeas @SFRCdems pic.twitter.com/4Na0eSu5e6 Share on X

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Ethiopia’s Enkutatash isn’t just the start of a new year. This time, it marks the beginning of a new chapter in our history—with light, power, and unity. #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @SenateForeign @HouseForeign @eucopresident @JosepBorrellF pic.twitter.com/MszAYoHYYs Share on X

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This year, we Ethiopians don’t just celebrate a new year. We celebrate a new Ethiopia electrified, empowered, and united. #GERD #ItsMyDam #EthiopiaRising @trussliz @UKParliament @CanadaFP @vonderleyen @Reuters @AFP @bpolitics @BBCAfrica pic.twitter.com/hziUyA15Av Share on X

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What better way to enter a new year than with the inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam? A new day. A new era. A new Ethiopia. #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @CNNAfrica @AJEnglish @AsstSecStateAF @EUSR_Weber @SFRCdems @SenateForeign pic.twitter.com/7RPXWRjrWv Share on X

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This Ethiopian Enkutatash, our calendar resets— and so does our story.  GERD lights up the new path. #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @HouseForeign @StateDept @FCDOGovUK @EUSR_Weber @HannaTetteh @LaetitiaBader @KenRoth @amnest  @BradSherman pic.twitter.com/Jt81fBcA8r Share on X

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As flowers bloom across the highlands for New Year, So does the light bloom across Ethiopia from turbines we built ourselves. #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @ChrisCoons @SFRCdems @SFRCdems @HouseForeign @UKParliament @EU_Commission @eucopresident pic.twitter.com/BZZ9SLnk5h Share on X

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14 years ago, we planted a dream. Today, we switch it on—with the whole world watching. Happy New Year, Ethiopia. #GERD #ItsMyDam #EthiopiaRising @vonderleyen @JanezLenarcic @USAmbUN @CanadaFP @eu_eeas @SFRCdems @SenateForeign @HouseForeign pic.twitter.com/S8JTtLXHKn Share on X

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They told us it was impossible. But this New Year, we show the world: We’re not waiting for permission to rise. We are Ethiopians!  #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @eucopresident @JosepBorrellF @trussliz @UKParliament @CanadaFP  @vonderleyen pic.twitter.com/DZ88eGB52p Share on X

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Ethiopia’s Newyear Enkutatash means gift of jewels. This year, GERD is our jewel. A gift from the people, to the people. #GERD #ItsMyDam #EthiopiaRising @Reuters @AFP @bpolitics @BBCAfrica @CNNAfrica @AJEnglish @AsstSecStateAF @EUSR_Weber @SFRCdems pic.twitter.com/sK9Ljwc7uq Share on X

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Power doesn’t just come from the dam. It comes from a people who refused to quit. This is how we enter the New Year: standing tall. We Are Ethiopians! Done! #ItsMyDam #GERD #EthiopiaRising @SenateForeign @HouseForeign @StateDept @FCDOGovUK pic.twitter.com/4vP6CY3Ngk Share on X

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New Year. New Ethiopia. New energy Let the water flow, let the light shine. #GERD #ItsMyDam #EthiopiaRising @EUSR_Weber @HannaTetteh @LaetitiaBader @KenRoth @amnest @BradSherman @ChrisCoons @SFRCdems @SFRCdems pic.twitter.com/KULSudaRLZ Share on X