For many Ethiopians, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is a source of pride.
They have a stake in it, as common people have contributed millions of dollars to the mega engineering project by buying bonds.
But above all, they are looking forward to change in their lives in a country where more than half the population is not connected to the grid.
Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from Mesrake, Ethiopia.
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I don’t believe this Aliagzera woo my god how ? Anyway Thanks for Report
Catherine you are generous b/c tells the truth from Alz
catherine soi , thank you very much for reporting the truth.
Professional reporting
Thank you al jezeera
Congratulations Ethiopia from Egypt
The honest report of what’s going on in reality, instead of reporting what the politicians, lobbyists or rich fox wants the world to hear. Cheers Aljazera
The G E R D will begin Africa’s Revolution!
Finally something positive about my Ethiopia
ALJAZEERA , How come you saying positive thing about Ethiopia , what’s your hidden intention ? Lol I’m glad you spoke the truth finally ! It’s My freaking Dam !
Here we go finally al Jazeera come to the truth well done 👏 ✔ 👍 🙌
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thank you
This kind of the international media needed more which bring fact and actual issues to world peace and prosperity of human better life.
Thank you al Jazeera for bringing the fact and truth current life of Ethiopia 🇪🇹 and how much important the dam for Ethiopia.
When you are in Ethiopia you understand the problem when you are in out of Ethiopia you are against Ethiopia. Aljazeera you are political prostitution is not good.
That is the point. Thanks!
Thank you !!!now yow are doing good
Its always rewarding to report the truth. Thank you Catreen. Do the same thruth based reporting in the norther part of Ethiopia. Report the evil deeds of TPLF. You mentioned nothing regarding the killings of innocent people, and the women who are continued being rapped by TPLF. Speak the truth!
Good job Aljazeera telling the truth for the first time . keep it up
Truth has become a rare commodity in modern journalism.tainted falsified news have become the order of the day
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”For many Ethiopians, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is a source of pride.
They have a stake in it, as common people have contributed millions of dollars to the mega engineering project by buying bonds.”
Despite all this facts, Aljazeera & other medias blindly defame Ethiopias effort to improve the worse life situation its ppl.
I am afraid this journalist may be anew comer to Aljazeera, she is impartial despite aljazeeras long known blind sympathy for Egypt.
Egypt no more use alone nile water ok u have to know that if u want war try it we will delet u on the earth
We thank you for telling the truth 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Egypt and Sudan do not want the progress of Africa…but they must understand that Africa need development and they can not stop it by the grace of God
In deed it true we heard this kind report for the first time🙏
Al-jazeera for the first has made unbiased documentary about the GERD. A special thank you for this journalist for finding out the truth about Ethiopia and the GERD.
Aljazeera thank u for telling the truth!
Believe it or not. Water belongs to Africans and Ethiopians. This is a matter for black people, not Arabs or whites. See I do not like Ethiopian G.v. I do not support him. But our dam is not for politics but for the people. Who doesn’t have electricity, food, water … we build the dam without equation…
Ethiopia 🇪🇹 ♥️ al jezira fris time talk the truth about Ethiopia anyways Thank
GERD is important not only Ethiopians but also for all east Africans.
Gradually the true will be on.ethiopia is working we won’t war
It is time to create united Africa.
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thank you Al Jazeera for uncovering the truth on the ground
This is the Fact! International Media should be based on the Fact just like this. Now thanks to Al Jazeera’s real information!
ya that is the true
Catherine Soi is much better journalist than the one in Sudan (hiba?) who seems to be paid to work as a lobbyist for the TPLF terrorist group.
Thanks!!
We will not allow a permission from downstream countries about our resources
I wonder Aljezera report the the truth in the ground for the first time.l wait how aljezira Arabic report!
lt is mydam
Bravo Ethiopians! OUR PROBLEM IS HAVING A BREAD FOR LIVING & THE ABAY DAME IS TO HELP US GET BREAD. BUT EGYPT & THE WEST HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH BREAD THEY ARE UNDERMINING, DEMONIZING AND DOING WHAT EVER THEY WANTED. THEY SUPPORTED, GROWN, BRUTAL, SECTARIAN, MASS KILLER, & ETHIOPIANS ENEMY TPLF . THEY SUPPORTED ETHIOPIANS SUFFERINGS INSIDE ETHIOPIA AND IN THE ARAB WORLD. THE WORLD IS UNFAIR. BUT GOD WAS HELPED ETHIOPIA TO SURVIVE AS A FREEDOM LEADING BLACK NATION. GOD IS WATCHING ALL WHAT IS HAPPING & HE IS THE RIGHT JUDGE! LET US KEEP ON CALLING HIM! NOW IS OUR TIME! THE DEVIL BY NO MEANS CAN DESTROY WHAT GOD STARTED IN ETHIOPIA!
How I mean How? Report like this from Aljazeera 😮
Anyway, this is the sad truth about our people! We will continue to pursue our dreams of having electricity which is basic in 21century.
Total darkness…65 Million Ethiopians living in darkness. How is it fair to ask Ethiopia to stop this project!?
Surprised😳 is Aljeziea talking the truth of Ethiopia? Amazing for first time .
Egypt and Sudan Must accept that they are Africans but speak arabic, and will be heard by African Union. As a true AfricanI stand with Ethiopia.
Thank you Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi for reporting the truth to the world. The world deserves balanced reporting.
African energy independence!
2:38 minutes video is not enough to show your loyalty. We are talking about 60mililion people has no electricity access, ?
Thank you for being fair. I am a University Professor (associate), among the 35% who get access to electricity. I tell you getting electric power consistently is a dream. To add more, living in Addis the capital and seat of AAU, I am getting access to tap water once a week, sometimes once in two weeks. I don’t think anyone in Egypt is suffering as much as we do. We are demanding fair share of the Abay River whose >75% of the source is my country. We don’t want and will not harm our Egyptian and Sudanese brothers and sisters. There are worst stories compared to the family that you are interviewing in this news. Now you know why we badly need GERD. I thank you again, please keep it up!
I’m glad know this channel 4the first time talking the truth about momEthiopia
It’s not to let to do the right thing.
Finally Good job from Aljezera of telling the truth for the world that how much important is GERD for we Ethiopians🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹…
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Thanks for reflecting the truth on the ground and keep digging the facts! We actually don’t have the intention to harm the downstream countries. Ruther, this could help them to secure their water source for some doomed days in the future since we can’t get electricity unless the water flows continuously. The surprising fact is that still, Egypt is denying this 1+1 reality.
OMG!!!….Is it aljezeera?! Really?…or is it hacked ??..i don’t beleive Aj made balanced News on Ethiopia ever!!!
This is the reason why we Ethiopian are building this dam. I believe that God will help us.
Al jazeera cames now the truth
the truth always wins al jazeera take it from Ethiopia.
The last option Aljazeera has after the security council meeting is to tell the truth in hypocracy
I hope you may not fired by Quatrain government by reporting the facts about Ethiopian people and the GERD!!
The first objective reporting. Thanks. Egypt and Sudan are stuck with the old colonial treaty Ethiopia is not party of. Ethiopia has no intention of harming others. It has to be clear, however, no bullying will stop the construction process. Nothing at all.
We fill the dam and we use it b/c we have natural and legal right without affecting other brother peoples
when AJ face and cornered the truth on the ground they have no option , the truth prevails itself
That’s why Ethiopians requesting the world to know the truth.
This time, alljezira is better than western media. This is the truth on the ground.
Yes, sometimes it’s good for you Aljazeera to talk about the truth about Ethiopia.
The other side of the story!😍😍😜😜😜 But who is the author? And you! the reporter, how are you adding up all your actual doings in life to your honest personal opinion? Sister i really what to know!!!👍👍👍
Ethiopia had the golden chance of producing and manufuncturing personal level clean energy gear like solar panels and domestic wind turbines
it would’ve made the ethiopian market boom since the existing need for electricity
depending on the government to fill the needs of 65million people is a huge indevoured not even easy for first world countries instead the industry of clean energy would benefit the ethiopian economy greatly and would at some point make them pioneers at such imported technology to expert their technology to the neighboring countries
Wow … for the first time i heard positive reports from algezra . This what looks like true journalism.
Please keep up balanced reporting. The God of those people whom you reported pays you back. The water is enough for all.of us.
Don’t ask your enemies help
One Africa one Love🇪🇹✊️
Yes it’s our DAM ⚖️
Al jazeera bravo⚖️
It is our time 🇪🇹✊️
Thank you Al Jazeera! that is the truth
Wait a Minute !! is this the real Al Jazeera youtube channel ?, if that is true ► Al Jazeera is trying to Adhere to the journalistic values of honesty, courage, fairness, balance, independence and neutralism, By the way some african nations are American Puppets, they don’t even have a sense of being Africans, the fact that some nations come with hundreds years back of Colonial agreements to deal with the issus, and undermine AU efforts, tells us that they are still in those colonialism era.
Stay strong my people, we will get there, one more year.
Wow it has been long time since I heard such news from Aljazeera. Thank you for being objective on this one!
This how the truth on the ground should be reported. Imagine 70 million of Ethiopians who live in absolute darkness, that’s more than the population of the whole France!
Balanced journalism! Thanks for stating the truth
seems AL Jazeera heard our crow for the truth after a disaster one-sided reports. keep that up for the seek of a better world.
Not only a source of proud its the way to get out of poverty and darkness the dam is myn
Remember this village is a 2 hour drive from a citiy hosting African Union summit every year. That’s unfair to obscure the humble need of simple household bulb by this human beings
Aljazeera,
Truth prevails, finally!!!!
Wait is Aljezera really reporting the truth for the first time, they always show how Egyptians are suffering
Thanks you talk the truth…..
Good reporting
Dear Journalist now you are on truth report. Please see our suffrage due to luck of electricity, Ethiopia has right to use her resource.
Very sad Greedy World
Finally aj sent a real journalist to ethiopia. keep up👏👏
The fact is that when Ethiopia and hear in Uganda construct dams it will reduce the cutting of trees for fuel hence increased rainfall resulting in more Nile waters,
Egyptians brothers are staying in the desert they do not know Environmental dynamics in the topics,
Sorry for that
For the first time Aljazeera reported the truth .🙏🙏🙏
Now you deserve like
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It’s my first time witnessing aljazeera talking some fact about Ethiopia. You all have been very biased and unfair.
Ethiopians really are impatient
Even YouTube knows that you’re a fake news producers
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