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Grand Inga Dreams Fail to See the Light of Day | Business Day
Presidents Zuma and Kabila have set high hopes in the Inga dams. Siyabulela Duda THE Grand Inga dam complex in...
Making Powering Africa a Reality
This op-ed first appeared in the World Policy Blog. Wind farm. WPI Nearly two decades into the 21st century, energy...
Why the Rush to Build Inga 3?
Inga, Kongo Central, DRC The proposed Inga 3 Dam project has been at the epicenter of all energy discussions pertaining...
Scientists Question Dam Building in the Amazon, Congo and Mekong
Dam building puts the rich fisheries of the Mekong at risk. Wikimedia Commons Scientists from around the world have just...
Sacrificing Human Rights for Development on Lake Turkana
Selina Akiru, pastoralist. International Rivers “Whoever is cutting off the source of water to the lake is being selfish and...
The World Bank’s Answer to Climate Change in Africa Shouldn’t Be More Big Dams
In the run-up to the COP in Paris, World Bank President Jim Kim pledged to scale up the Bank’s annual...
Dam on Ethiopia’s Omo River Causing Hunger and Conflict | National Geographic
Herders lead their cattle to the Omo River to drink. Alison M. Jones This article first appeared in National Geographic....
Water Insecurity & Climate Change In Africa
The Niger, Nile and Zambezi basins. Author’s own Africa has the largest number of surface water bodies crossing or forming...
Alternative Energy's Massive Potential in Congo
Electrification rates in the DRC’s 11 provinces. Data source: World Bank The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is faced with...
Bujagali: How Not to Build a Dam Through a Public-Private Partnership
Bujagali Falls Dam. Courtesy of the EastAfrican Private participation in large hydropower projects in Africa is increasingly being encouraged through...