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Is the Grand Inga Too Big to Build?
On invitation by ESI Africa, International Rivers’ Africa Programme Director, Rudo Sanyanga, examines worldwide large-scale hydro power project and Africa’s...
Who Benefits From the Nile?
In a drama that involved threats, name-calling and finger-pointing, a new episode was recently inaugurated when the President of Egypt...
Farewell to Lori Pottinger
From April 2015 World Rivers Review Lori Pottinger joined International Rivers in 1995 as the editor of World Rivers Review,...
Communities Worldwide Mobilize to Protect Rivers and Defend their Rights
From April 2015 World Rivers Review Around the world, the proponents of large dams consistently downplay or simply ignore the...
World Bank’s Broken Promises to Displaced Communities Exposed
As ministers, business leaders, NGOs and policymakers descended on Washington last week for the World Bank’s semi-annual high-level meetings, the...
A Fond Farewell from Lori Pottinger
Lori and friends in Mozambique, 2007 I write this in my last day working for International Rivers, an organization I...
Waiting For Electricity in the DRC
The People Need Electricity Now, Not in a Decade Congo River, Matadi, Bas-Congo. Photo by Jean Marie, ADEV In March...
Congo River is a Life Source, Not a Garbage Dump
Congo River, Kinsuka The Congo River has a special place in the history of Congo – and to my own...
Clean Energy: New Study Recommends Less Hydro for East Africa
This article originally appeared in ESI-Africa.com Kenya’s Olkaria Geothermal plant East African countries must diversify their energy mix beyond hydro...
World Bank Pitches Mining to Drive Energy Investment in Africa
This article appears in the Spring 2015 edition of the Bretton Woods Observer In early February the World Bank launched a report...