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Lifeline for Over 1 Million in Mali Under Threat by World Bank Dam Plans
The Inner Niger Delta in Mali is one of Africa’s largest wetlands, a verdant and biologically rich area bordering the...
The Scramble for Water, Land and Oil in the Lower Omo Valley
The remote Omo watershed in East Africa encompasses life-giving rivers and a huge desert lake in both Kenya and Ethiopia....
Omo River, Lake Turkana at Risk from Dams and Plantations
Dams and irrigated plantations being built in Ethiopia will bring major changes to the flow of the Lower Omo River,...
PR – Turkana’s “Forgotten People” Call for Halt to Ethiopia’s Imminent Water Grabs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Berkeley, US: International Rivers is today publishing a report and video with voices from Lake Turkana, which...
Community Voices from Lake Turkana
“We don’t accept this. We disagree with whoever is planning this. We will never agree to it. Once the dam is...
A Month in the Cradle of Humanity
Narissa AllibhaiSustainable development researcher This is a guest blog by Narissa Allibhai, an African sustainable development researcher who undertook field...
The Hidden Hand Behind "Natural" Disasters
Floods and droughts in many parts of the world are getting ever more frequent and intense. Scientists have long warned...
Take Action for Illegally Detained Dam Fighter in Sudan
Kober prison (Radio Dabanga) On September 23, 2014, Sudanese security forces detained Mr. Rashid Sheikh Eldin Abash, a peaceful Nubian...
A Changing Omo River Valley
“People of our village and other villages, we don’t want to lose this river, to lose our land, our forests....
Community Petition from the DRC Delivered to the World Bank
Mr. Jean-Marie Muanda of the DRC delivering a petition to World Bank manager Ms. Mieke van Ginneken I recently had...