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Field Visit Report on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Blue Nile, site of Grand Renaissance Dam The Grand Renaissance Dam is the largest engineering project ever attempted in Ethiopia. The...
Ethiopia Water Grabs: Creating 'East Africa's Aral Sea'?
A version of this originally appeared on Huffington Post. Lake Turkana from the air. The destruction of the Aral Sea...
Songs of a Dam's Diaspora: Nubians Displaced by the Aswan Dam Tell Their Story With Music
PRI’s radio program The World recently aired a story that features Nubians displaced by the Aswan Dam who are keeping the culture of their...
Cross-Border Resource Management: How Do the Nile Countries Fare?
Originally published in This Is Africa Ethiopia’s Grand Millennium Dam Countries are struggling to agree over the use of the...
Keeping the Conservation Promise
Dassanach elder in the Omo Valley World Heritage Site. Photo by Jane Baldwin, http://www.janebaldwin.com What started as an international effort...
Africa Partner Organizations
Across Africa, activists have worked to stop destructive large dams, propose better alternatives, and protect the rights of affected people....
Bujagali Dam Seriously Flawed, Say African Bank Inspectors
First investigation by African Development Bank panel finds dam studies minimized climate change risks, impacts to Lake Victoria, resettlement costs,...
Damned If You Do: Will the Bujagali Dam Enrich Uganda or Limit Its Energy Options?
Article from www.jrn.columbia.edu By Cindy Schreiber Dams produce energy by harnessing the power of water. A powerfully simple equation. But...
Analyzing Bujagali Dam Against the WCD
International Rivers analyzed the Bujagali Hydroelectric Project’s compliance with the decision-making framework of the World Commission on Dams. The project...
Bujagali to be Kick–Started But Big Problems Persist
Available in pdf format After a series of setbacks, it is anticipated the construction of the Bujagali hydro power station...