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Congo’s Energy Divide Factsheet
HYDROPOWER FOR MINES AND EXPORT, NOT THE POOR The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been ‘rebuilding’ its power grid...
DR Congo Waits on Funding for World's Largest Hydropower Project
This article originally appeared in The Guardian The dream of harnessing the mighty Congo with the world’s largest set of...
Grand Inga - the World Bank’s Latest Silver Bullet for Africa
Mega-dams have a long history of bypassing the poor in the DRC. IRIN When World Bank President Jim Kim visits...
PR: With Inga Dams, Donors Set to Repeat Past Failures
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Berkeley/Pretoria: The Congolese government will today announce plans to move forward with the Grand Inga Dam at a...
NGO Letter on the World Bank's Return to Mega-Dams in Africa
In May 2013, civil society organization and networks from Africa, Europe and the United States sent a letter to World...
Concerns regarding IDA 17’s Proposed Focus on Regional Transformational Initiatives
Ms. Lael BrainardUnder Secretary of the Treasury for International AffairsUS Department of the Treasury1500 Pennsylvania Ave NWWashington, DC 20220 March...
How the World Bank Undermines Its Own Development Goals
People affected by the World Bank’s Kariba Dam are still struggling to regain their livelihoodsKarin Retief The World Bank’s International...
NGOs Call for a Moratorium on BHP Billiton’s Congo Smelter
International civil society groups have called on BHP Billiton to halt its plans for a US$5 billion aluminum smelter and...
Call for BHP Billiton to Halt Congo Smelter, Inga 3
Mr. Jac NasserChairmanBHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc RE: Proposed BHP Billiton smelter and Inga 3 in Democratic Republic...
Vultures over Congo’s Inga Dams
What could be nobler than being on the side of poor Africa women? Hydropower companies like to justify their dam...