Why in the news?

  • Ethiopia inaugurated Africa’s largest hydropower project called Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

Ethiopia

  • Location: It is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa.
  • Capital: Addis Ababa
  • Borders: Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan and Sudan.
  • Geographical Feature:
    • One of the country through which African Rift Valley passes.
    • Hotest place in Africa – Dallol, Ethiopia.
  • Associated International Groupings: Group of 24, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Group of 77, and the Organisation of African Unity.
  • Headquarters Locating in Ethiopia: Addis Ababa is the headquarters of the African Union, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.