excerpts from an interview by Addis Asefa of Talk to OBN Future Africa and former Sudanese Diplomat, Mekki Elmograbi.
“Africa should support GERD”
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PD Lawton in conversation with Talk To OBN Future Africa on the struggle for development in Africa and in particular, Ethiopia
Source: OBN Oromyiaa [Oromia Broadcasting Network]
9 August 2021
Ethiopian media interview with Lawrence Freeman, physical economist and political analyst for Africa. An interview that covers a great many aspects of Ethiopia`s recent achievements, the bizarre reaction from the Biden administration, the destructive nature of a powerful element within the current administration and the hypocrisy of so-called Western democratic … Read the rest
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by Lawrence Freeman, July 31, 2021
Knowledgeable American analysts of U.S.-African relations are disturbed by the U.S. government’s treatment of Ethiopia. In the first six months of the Biden Presidency, we have witnessed a … Read the rest
The 19 July, 2021, the second filling of Ethiopia`s Grand Renaissance Dam ( GERD) will be remembered as a momentous occasion in the history of this incredible nation. The dam is the largest hydro plant in Africa. It has been funded entirely by Ethiopians.
None of the water will be … Read the rest
“Therefore, for Ethiopia, building the GERD is not a matter of choice, but an economic and developmental necessity and the way out of poverty for a nation of 112 million people.”
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“Cooperation among Africa’s great economic powers like Egypt, South Africa and Nigeria with the rest of African countries makes us believe that we can achieve growth, development and African integration.”
National governments … Read the rest
U.S intervention in Ethiopia is undermining regional development in the Horn of Africa as Ethiopia will become sub-Saharan Africa`s second largest producer of electricity through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ( GERD) which will supply 6.2 GW for Ethiopia and for neighbouring states including South Sudan, Kenya and The Sudan… Read the rest
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by Lawrence Freeman, June 5, 2021
Is the United States’ continued escalation of hostile policy towards Ethiopia preparing the groundwork to support Egypt’s “colonial rights” over the Nile River? … Read the rest
“Having reliable electricity is the backbone of industrialization”…” Without electricity transformation of the economy and the coming out of poverty, is impossible…Energy is everything”
Watch this video to see the incredible scale of this mega engineering project which is self funded by the Ethiopian State! It is going to … Read the rest