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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...
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...
Zombie Dams: Five Projects That Just. Won’t. Die.
zom·bie dam /ˈzämbē dam/ noun 1. A proposed dam project that activists successfully halt before it’s built, only to see...
How the Inga Dams Are Holding the Congo’s Energy Future Hostage
The Inga 1 and 2 dams on the Congo River. Encyclopedia Britannica World Bank and government officials like to describe...
Whose Dream is Inga 3?
Foreign Policy’s recent article, “The River That Swallows All Dams,” provides an excellent overview of the development history of the...
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...
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...
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...
Dammed, Displaced and Forgotten
People displaced by the Sardar Sarovar Dam in India. International Rivers When the World Bank planned the Ruzizi II hydropower...