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Kariba Dam Safety Concerns
The 128-meter-high Kariba Dam is one of Africa’s biggest. Operated by the Zambezi River Authority on behalf of Zimbabwe and...
The Wrong Climate for an African Dam Boom
Africa is the least electrified place in the world, with just a fraction of its citizens benefiting from the miracle...
Uganda Dam Slammed by World Bank Appeals Body
Bujagali deal full of risk for one of world’s poorest countries The benefits of the Bujagali Dam project, now being...
Nov. 2008 Letter to World Bank Executive Directors on Bujagali
November 24, 2008 Dear Executive Director: As requesters of the Bujagali Inspection Panel claim, we are very concerned that World...
Bujagali Inspection Panel Report: Management Response
Read the World Bank Management Response to the Inspection Panel's report on the Bujagali Dam in Uganda (in two parts):...
Bujagali: Inspection Panel Investigation Report
The full Sept. 2008 report on the Bujagali Dam by the World Bank Inspection Panel, which responded to a claim...
Summary of Inspection Panel Report on Bujagali Dam, 2008
A summary of key findings from the Inspection Panel Investigation Report on Bujagali Hydropower Project, Uganda; recommendations from civil society...
Electric Capitalism: Recolonising Africa on the Power Grid
This book analyzes Africa's choices, and includes a chapter by International Rivers' Africa team on hydropower. Essays by leading academics...
New Report Reveals Widespread Corruption in Water Sector
"Corruption in the water sector puts the lives and livelihoods of billions of people at risk." So begins the Global...
Dam-Flooded Communities in Sudan Appeal for Humanitarian Assistance
Some 600 families have reportedly been flooded out of their homes along the Nile in Sudan in the past few...