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World Bank Approves Power Line to Gibe III Dam
These women are some of the thousands of Omo Valley people who will be affected by Gibe III Dam. Photo:...
Climate Change and African Rivers
Africa has been deemed “the continent most vulnerable to the impacts of projected climate change” by the UN Intergovernmental Panel...
Wrong Climate for Big Dams
Destroying Rivers Will Worsen Climate Crisis Read the full fact sheet: (English)(Spanish)(Portuguese)(Chinese)(Hindi)(Bangla)(German)(Urdu)(Russian) Proponents of large dams, hoping to capitalize on...
Letter to Eskom on Mphanda Nkuwa Dam (Reply)
(This is part of ongoing correspondence on this topic) 14 September 2010 To: Brian Dames, Chief Executive Officer, Eskom By...
Gibe III Threatens World Heritage Sites
Letter to the Secretariat of the World Heritage Centre (UNESCO) We are writing to raise concerns about two endangered World...
Eskom: Don’t Dam the Zambezi!
To: Brian DamesChief Executive Officer, Eskom By e-mail: brian.dames@eskom.co.za CC: President of South Africa, Mr Jacob Zuma (president@po.gov.za) President of...
Field Report from Lake Turkana
The people of the Turkana region in northwestern Kenya are in a fight and the future of their unique cultures....
Dams and Extinction: Going, Going, Gone
In a reversal of the animated movie Madagascar, all of the world's Kihansi spray toads suddenly found themselves living in...
Ethiopian Dam Suffers Tunnel Collapse Days After Inauguration
A critical water-passage tunnel in the newly inaugurated Gilgel Gibe 2 hydropower project in Ethiopia reportedly collapsed this week. ...
Going After Uganda's Big, Bad Dam Investors
A new short documentary by the Dutch group BothEnds offers a clear, concise “you are there” view of problems being...