The Grand #Ethiopia’n Renaissance Dam (#GERD) #5

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Ethiopia is ready for the 4th round of water filling of #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @MikeHammerUSA @Reuters @ChrisCoons @bpolitics @BBCAfrica @HouseForeign @CNNAfrica @AJEnglish @AsstSecStateAF @EUSR_Weber @SFRCdems @SenateForeign @hr @EUSR_Weber pic.twitter.com/BlKsa7EnNQ Click To Tweet

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The GERD is now approaching its fourth filling. The last three fillings have not affected lower riparian states. Likewise, the rest of the fillings will not be any different #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @LaetitiaBader @KenRoth @amnest @BradSherman pic.twitter.com/ZaaohM0fMZ Click To Tweet

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Ethiopia’s fourth filling of GERD brings it closer to completion when dam will benefit entire region. Still time for Egypt to negotiate a reasonable agreement that’s a win-Win for all sides. But that means stopping the histrionics for real diplomacy. Tibor Nagy #GERD Click To Tweet

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The Great Renaissance Dam of Ethiopia is near completion, withstanding the rhetoric of some actors that seek to monopolize the use of the shared African river #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @UKParliament @EU_Commission @eucopresident @vonderleyen pic.twitter.com/HnMEwtWrcs Click To Tweet

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Ethiopia begins a new journey next week as #Africa's most important renewable energy power house. 4th filling of #GERD hydroelectric dam #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @JanezLenarcic @IWAHQ @USAmbUN @CanadaFP @eu_eeas @JosepBorrellF @trussliz @UKParliament pic.twitter.com/SVsO1qTsdy Click To Tweet

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Here we go, we are saying it again for the fourth time Ethiopia has no obligation to request permission from anyone to fill the Renaissance Dam. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @WorldResources @MikeHammerUSA @Reuters @ChrisCoons @bpolitics @BBCAfrica pic.twitter.com/Rv23EJ1DVK Click To Tweet

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If Ethiopia is to regret indeed, it is for its inability to use this natural gift for thousands of years. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @HouseForeign @CNNAfrica @AJEnglish @AsstSecStateAF @EUSR_Weber @SFRCdems @SenateForeign @hr @EUSR_Weber @LaetitiaBader pic.twitter.com/FbOUYcBPPu Click To Tweet

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Ethiopia will continue the utilization of the waters of the Nile for both consumptive and non-consumptive uses to meet the needs of the present and future generations. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @KenRoth @amnest @BradSherman @UKParliament pic.twitter.com/ISy2OPxwzq Click To Tweet

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Regarding the current project of GERD and for the future once too, downstream states are expected to play a constructive role in upholding African solutions to Africa’s problems. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @EU_Commission @eucopresident @vonderleyen pic.twitter.com/9qjqXyPnA6 Click To Tweet

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The long-term and sustainable management and utilization of the waters of the Nile based on equitable and reasonable utilization is in the best interest of all riparian states #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @JanezLenarcic @IWAHQ @USAmbUN @CanadaFP @eu_eeas pic.twitter.com/eeGXzxSuRV Click To Tweet

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Its contribution in the battle against climate change makes the GERD an asset for the basin, Africa and the world at large. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @JosepBorrellF @trussliz @UKParliament @WorldResources pic.twitter.com/lyPIcRhJna Click To Tweet

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Supporting Ethiopia’s hydropower initiatives, including the GERD, will benefit humanity by reducing poverty through the provision of clean and affordable energy #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @MikeHammerUSA @Reuters @ChrisCoons @bpolitics @BBCAfrica @HouseForeign… Click To Tweet

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By further enhancing the energy-led integration in the north-eastern part of Africa, the GERD is will be regarded as the symbol of cooperation. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @CNNAfrica @AJEnglish @AsstSecStateAF @EUSR_Weber @SFRCdems @SenateForeign @hr pic.twitter.com/ttuI7WpCId Click To Tweet

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The GERD is a weapon serving Ethiopia’s in its war on poverty and it is a critical step toward environmental justice. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @EU_Commission @eucopresident @vonderleyen @JanezLenarcic @IWAHQ @USAmbUN @CanadaFP @eu_eeas @JosepBorrellF pic.twitter.com/CKI3w5bSwa Click To Tweet

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#GERD is not the first of its kind in Africa nor in the world, Perhaps what puts the dam in distinction from other projects is the extent of hope and aspiration in generates for 65 million Ethiopians that have no access to electricity. #GERD pic.twitter.com/QpU9JkwIfN Click To Tweet

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Ethiopia has the best wishes for its neighbors, Egypt and Sudan, and believes in their ability to cooperate for their mutual benefit #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @trussliz @UKParliament @WorldResources @MikeHammerUSA @Reuters @ChrisCoons @bpolitics pic.twitter.com/quWoezin3M Click To Tweet

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Cooperation on the Nile is not a choice, it's a necessity #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @BBCAfrica @HouseForeign @CNNAfrica @AJEnglish @AsstSecStateAF @EUSR_Weber @SFRCdems @SenateForeign @hr @EUSR_Weber @LaetitiaBader @KenRoth @amnest @BradSherman pic.twitter.com/TqyEnyjYUi Click To Tweet

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GERD will also put the colonial mentality of some powers to an end! #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @UKParliament @EU_Commission @eucopresident @vonderleyen @JanezLenarcic @IWAHQ @USAmbUN @CanadaFP @eu_eeas @JosepBorrellF @trussliz @UKParliament pic.twitter.com/1jvMsYAs30 Click To Tweet

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Ethiopia's generational dream, GERD is close to be a reality. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @WorldResources @MikeHammerUSA @Reuters @ChrisCoons @bpolitics @BBCAfrica @HouseForeign @CNNAfrica @AJEnglish @AsstSecStateAF @EUSR_Weber @SFRCdems @SenateForeign pic.twitter.com/qmwVPw4SC9 Click To Tweet

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The Ethiopian Government has one priority, PROSPERITY! #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @hr @EUSR_Weber @LaetitiaBader @KenRoth @amnest @BradSherman @UKParliament @EU_Commission @eucopresident @vonderleyen @JanezLenarcic @IWAHQ @USAmbUN pic.twitter.com/cjos61lRZs Click To Tweet

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The GERD is a national project central to Ethiopia’s development vision of becoming a middle-income country #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @CanadaFP @eu_eeas @JosepBorrellF @trussliz @UKParliament @WorldResources @MikeHammerUSA @Reuters @ChrisCoons @bpolitics pic.twitter.com/sERX9C8nNe Click To Tweet

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The GERD has proven that working outside a collective framework causes harm to the entire Nile River Basin. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @BBCAfrica @HouseForeign @CNNAfrica @AJEnglish @AsstSecStateAF @EUSR_Weber @SFRCdems @SenateForeign @hr @EUSR_Weber pic.twitter.com/frTLf8pPTs Click To Tweet

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#GERD is a unifying symbol for Ethiopians. It's one of the very few things that bring together people from all walks of life in Ethiopia #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @LaetitiaBader @KenRoth @amnest @BradSherman @UKParliament @EU_Commission @eucopresident pic.twitter.com/CYUMsr8cGL Click To Tweet

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The fact that we reached this milestone by our own efforts when no one else believed in our capabilities to accomplish such initiatives makes the moment even more historic. #4th round filling #GERD #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @vonderleyen @JanezLenarcic @IWAHQ pic.twitter.com/lPE5vPFkWG Click To Tweet

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The harsh story of that goes as ONE AFRICA’s cruelest ironies: the land that feeds the Nile is unable to feed itself. will be changed once #GERD is accomplished! #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @USAmbUN @CanadaFP @eu_eeas @JosepBorrellF @trussliz @UKParliament pic.twitter.com/1kIpn8KMvy Click To Tweet

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Ethiopian government unveiled a $4.8 billion plan to construct the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a project aimed at helping Ethiopia address its 21st-century challenges. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @MikeHammerUSA @Reuters @ChrisCoons @bpolitics @BBCAfrica pic.twitter.com/QpJG1GdoH8 Click To Tweet

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Regrettably, Egypt is focusing on maximizing its gains from the crisis caused by the construction of an even larger dam, rather than drawing upon the lessons of its own history. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @HouseForeign @CNNAfrica @AJEnglish @AsstSecStateAF pic.twitter.com/iANBkVYeWN Click To Tweet

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It is vital for the land of the Pharaohs to overcome their dependence on the life-sustaining Nile River. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @EUSR_Weber @SFRCdems @SenateForeign @hr @EUSR_Weber @LaetitiaBader @KenRoth @amnest @BradSherman @UKParliament pic.twitter.com/BlKsa7EnNQ Click To Tweet

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GERD is a good news for our continent & the downstream countries with whom we aspire to work together #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @EU_Commission @eucopresident @vonderleyen @JanezLenarcic @IWAHQ @USAmbUN @CanadaFP @eu_eeas @JosepBorrellF @trussliz @UKParliament… Click To Tweet

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The newly-generated electricity from the GERD could help revive an economy that has been devastated by the combined forces of a deadly war, rising fuel prices and the Covid-19 pandemic. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @WorldResources @MikeHammerUSA @Reuters pic.twitter.com/HnMEwtWrcs Click To Tweet

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GERD's role is to act as a stabilizing backbone for Ethiopia's national power grid. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @ChrisCoons @bpolitics @BBCAfrica @HouseForeign @CNNAfrica @AJEnglish @AsstSecStateAF @EUSR_Weber @SFRCdems @SenateForeign @hr @EUSR_Weber pic.twitter.com/SVsO1qTsdy Click To Tweet

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As the Blue Nile is a highly seasonal river, GERD would reduce flooding downstream of the dam, including a 15-kilometer stretch of water in Ethiopia. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @LaetitiaBader @KenRoth @amnest @BradSherman @UKParliament @EU_Commission pic.twitter.com/Rv23EJ1DVK Click To Tweet

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We will complete it as we started it. #4th round filling #GERD #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @eucopresident @vonderleyen @JanezLenarcic @IWAHQ @USAmbUN @CanadaFP @eu_eeas @JosepBorrellF @trussliz @UKParliament @WorldResources @MikeHammerUSA @Reuters @ChrisCoons pic.twitter.com/FbOUYcBPPu Click To Tweet

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Completing GERD is a key manifestation of the end of the age-old unfair utilization of the Abbay/Blue Nile River. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @bpolitics @BBCAfrica @HouseForeign @CNNAfrica @AJEnglish @AsstSecStateAF @EUSR_Weber @SFRCdems @SenateForeign @hr pic.twitter.com/ISy2OPxwzq Click To Tweet

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The GERD is crucial to fuel Ethiopia’s transition from an agrarian dominated economy to one that encompasses manufacturing and industry, in line with Ethiopia’s vision of becoming a light manufacturing hub for Africa #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @EUSR_Weber pic.twitter.com/9qjqXyPnA6 Click To Tweet

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The #GERD is being built not with the intention of harming others, but so that Ethiopians can be self-reliant. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @LaetitiaBader @KenRoth @amnest @BradSherman @UKParliament @EU_Commission @eucopresident @vonderleyen @JanezLenarcic pic.twitter.com/eeGXzxSuRV Click To Tweet

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The Recent #GERD progress proves Ethiopia’s determination to develop by unleashing untapped electric power that can benefit the African continent. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @IWAHQ @USAmbUN @CanadaFP @eu_eeas @JosepBorrellF @trussliz @UKParliament pic.twitter.com/lyPIcRhJna Click To Tweet

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Ethiopia is dedicated to pursuing peace and seeks cooperative solutions with all African nations. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @WorldResources @MikeHammerUSA @Reuters @ChrisCoons @bpolitics @BBCAfrica @HouseForeign @CNNAfrica @AJEnglish @AsstSecStateAF pic.twitter.com/HRAKqvGjTi Click To Tweet

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By Finalizing GERD Ethiopia will be out of the darkness of poverty in to light of prosperity. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @EUSR_Weber @SFRCdems @SenateForeign @hr @EUSR_Weber @LaetitiaBader @KenRoth @amnest @BradSherman @UKParliament @EU_Commission pic.twitter.com/ttuI7WpCId Click To Tweet

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All problems can be solved in the spirit of brotherhood. Ethiopia &Egypt have coexisted since the dawn of time. #GERD shall strengthen their timeless bond. - #Ethiopia-#Egypt, Powered by GERD. #GERD #AFRICAN_DAM @eucopresident @vonderleyen pic.twitter.com/1kIpn8KMvy Click To Tweet

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