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Press Release | UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribes Kenya’s Lake Turkana as “in danger” over Gibe Dam impacts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 28 June 2018 Today, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee took the decision to officially inscribe Lake Turkana...
Letter to the World Heritage Centre
Ms. Mechtild Rössler Director World Heritage Division and World Heritage Centre UNESCO World Heritage Centre 7, Place de Fontenoy 75352...
Large Hydropower Dams Are Not the Answer: Time to Rethink Africa’s Energy Infrastructure
This Article was previously published in the Perspectives #02/2017: Putting People Back Into Infrastructure The electrification rates of Africa are...
Lake Turkana Cultural Festival 2016
The Samburu warriors rise up, proudly sporting colourful headdresses with ostrich feathers fluttering majestically in the wind, and stride forward...
The People of Ethiopia’s Omo Valley May Not Survive This Time Around
Members of the Karo ethnic group by the Omo River. Marc Veraart on Flickr The diverse indigenous ethnic groups of...
Exclusive interview with Rudo Sanyanga, Africa Programme Director at International Rivers | ESI Africa
This article first appeared in ESI Africa. Exclusive interview with Rudo Sanyanga, Africa Programme Director at International Rivers and speaker...
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...
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...
Listening to Kara Women Speak: One Woman’s Journey to the Omo River
A Kara woman. Jane Baldwin When photographer Jane Baldwin first went to Ethiopia’s Omo River Valley in 2004, she didn’t know...