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Bribery Taints World Bank–Funded Lesotho Water Project
A dozen major international dam-building companies involved in the World Bank-funded Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) have lavishly bribed at...
Letter to Acres International Limited
The following is a letter International Rivers sent to IFC consultants who are studying the hydropower potential of the Upper...
River Keepers Handbook: A Guide to Protecting Rivers and Catchments in Africa
This 52-page report takes a step toward creating a broad movement of people devoted to protecting their watersheds (or “catchments”)...
Letter to the World Bank, Re: Lesotho Highlands Water Project
Mr. Jean-Louis Sarbib Vice President Africa Region The World Bank 1818 H St., NW Washington, D.C. 20433 Re: Lesotho Highlands...
Proposed Uganda Dam is Drowning in Difficulties
The proposed Bujagali Falls hydropower project in Uganda has suffered serious setbacks in recent months. In January the Uganda Electricity...
A Case Study on the Manantali Dam Project (Mali, Mauritania, Senegal)
1. The project The Manantali project consists of the Manantali dam on the Bafing river, a tributary of the Senegal...
Can This River Be Saved? Rethinking Cahora Bassa Could Make a Difference for Dam–Battered Zambezi
Over the millennia, life in Southern Africa was measured by the ebb and flow of the great Zambezi River. Every...
US Can Help Stop Brewing Water Wars
A global water crisis is brewing, scientists warn, and we must find new solutions or face the specter of widespread...
NGO Letter to World Bank on Lesotho Dam
This letter from EDF and International Rivers to the World Bank requests immediate action on urgent compensation problems at Lesotho...