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“When We Save A River, We Save Ourselves” River Guardian Betty Obbo
Betty Obbo (center) at Rivers for Life 3International Rivers When Ugandan activist Betty Obbo first came to environmental work, it...
20 Things You Didn’t Know About the Nile
The Nile River in Sudan. International Rivers 1. The Nile is Africa’s longest river, covering 4,101 miles – roughly the...
Who Benefits From the Nile?
In a drama that involved threats, name-calling and finger-pointing, a new episode was recently inaugurated when the President of Egypt...
Farewell to Lori Pottinger
From April 2015 World Rivers Review Lori Pottinger joined International Rivers in 1995 as the editor of World Rivers Review,...
Why We Celebrate Rivers
Areng River, Remote River Home to the Siamese Crocodile. Photo courtesy of Luke Duggleby. May not be reproduced withouth permisison....
The Nile Project: A River Runs Through Them
The Nile Project “Rivers Unite, Dams Divide.” It’s my favorite activist slogan, one I learned from Turkish activists, and it...
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...
The Nile Project Uses Music to Transcend Borders
The Nile Project Musicians in Cairo. Photo: Matjaz Kacicnik The Nile Project is an educational and arts initiative started in...
Government Audit Finds Hydropower Aid Doesn’t Benefit the Poor
Protest against the Allain Duhangan Dam, a project funded with Norwegian aid. SANDRP No other industrialized country relies on hydropower...
Life-Giving Deltas Starved by Dams
The Indus Delta – here at Keti Bandar – is being eroded by the sea. Emily Woodhouse The deltas of...