Ethiopia has the most earthquake-prone area in Africa, leaving its ambitious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) vulnerable to collapse thanks to the prevalence of presence of faults, canyons and volcanic mountains, professor of water resources at Cairo University Abbas Sharaqy warned on Monday. The GERD is in particular risk as rains will fall heavily on it in a short period of time, in addition to the presence of earthquakes, he continued. Sharaky said that Ethiopia has built a dam without conducting comprehensive engineering studies. He also warned that opening the gates of the Ethiopian dam would cause floods in Sudan. He added that Ethiopia does not have an internal electricity network, but aims to sell the electricity only generated from the dam.

Source: Egypt Independent April 13, 2021 10:18 UTC