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Africa:
Concerns About Gibe 3 Dam
Fahamu, 2 February 2012
There is a powerful economic argument for Gibe 3 Dam. But there are also powerful arguments for ensuring that large-scale river-basin development projects provide genuine and… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Gibe III - a Dam Too Far?
RNW Africa, 20 December 2011
Michael Irgiena doubts if his ten children will ever be fishermen like him, or have any future living on the shores of the world's largest desert lake Turkana in the barren border… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Government Crackdown in Omo Region Intensifies
Survival International, 3 November 2011
Survival has received disturbing reports of a crackdown on tribal people opposed to Ethiopia's program to remove them from their lands in the Omo region and force them to resettle… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
How Ethiopia's Plantations Are Killing Vital Waterway
Survival International, 28 March 2012
New photographic evidence proves Ethiopia's controversial plantations scheme is killing the Lower Omo River, a lifeline for 100,000 tribal people. Read more »
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Ethiopia:
New Dam 'Catastrophic' for Kenyan Environment
IPS, 23 March 2010
Gideon Lepalo describes growing up in Loiyangalani, 20 kilometres from Lake Turkana, as magical. However, he fears the building of Gilgel Gibe III dam in Ethiopia, upstream of the… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Dam Critics Won't Go Away
IPS, 6 February 2010
Ethiopia is building a 240-metre high dam on the Omo River that is intended to end the country's electricity shortage and supply power to neighbouring countries. Not everyone's… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Environmental Group Calls for Investigation on GGIII
Addis Fortune, 3 August 2009
The African Development Bank's (AfDB) independent review mechanism, the Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (CRMU), has accepted a request for project investigation submitted by… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Gilgel Gibe III Hydro Electric Power Project Construction Kicks Off
Ethiopian Herald, 12 January 2007
The Gilgel Gibe III Hydro Electric power Project envisaged to be executed with 14 billion birr has been launched, according to the project office. Read more »
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Ethiopia:
EIB Denies Reports that It Won't Finance Gibe III Project
Addis Fortune, 8 June 2009
The European Investment Bank (EIB) announced that it had not taken any formal decision on whether to undertake an appraisal of the Gilgel Gibe III hydroelectric generation project… Read more »