[African Arguments] In a few months from now, Africa will mark the tenth anniversary of the launch of the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The project has remained in geopolitical hot soup ever since. As skilfully detailed by the other contributors to this African Arguments special series, most analyses have pitted Ethiopia's clamours for its "right to development" (and therefore to hydro-infrastructure that helps industrialization and the electrification of the impoverished countryside) against cla
