Dereje Tessema, author of Demystifying the Nile, organized on 29 April 2023 a conference at Georgetown University that focused on the Nile Basin and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). It included a panel session lasting one hour and 15 minutes moderated by Won Kidane, Seattle University School of Law, and the following speakers: Seleshi Bekele, Ethiopian ambassador to the United States, Seifeselassie Lemma, Washington-based attorney, and me.
The panel session provided an update on the status of the GERD (now 90 percent complete), the regional and international geopolitics of the dam, and a discussion of international water law.
