Gibe is not Gila: Anti-dam activism gone awry
"Dam on Ethiopia’s Omo River Causing Hunger and Conflict". That was the tittle of Sandra Postel's alarming piece on National…
Monday, December 28, 2015 @ 10:48 pm
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AfDB, World Bank to provide $1bln for Ethio-Kenya power lines
"The financing for the project breaks down as follows: African Development Bank, US $338 million; World Bank US $684 million;…
Thursday, May 9, 2013 @ 6:36 pm
Why Ethiopia turns a deaf ear to environmentalists' outcry
(Daniel Berhane) Last month, I had an informative chat with a State Minister in the energy sector in Bahir dar.…
Monday, April 29, 2013 @ 8:40 pm
Gibe III dam | Group warns of ‘catastrophe’ in Omo Valley
SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE April 15, 2013 * Aid agencies turn blind eye to ‘catastrophe’ in Ethiopia * Three new reports predict disaster…
Monday, April 15, 2013 @ 8:10 pm
Vilifying Ethiopia's Villagization program: More unsubstantiated claims
Ethiopia’s villagization program has become a favorite subject for politically motivated critiques by advocacy organizations and human rights groups who…
Friday, March 29, 2013 @ 2:30 am
Briefing | Ethiopia’s sugar projects progressing steadily
One of the main foci of the Growth and Transformation Plan is development of sugar production. The government intends that…
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 @ 11:53 pm
Gibe III & Omo | Anti-dam group short on fact, long on fiction again
The Gilgel Gibe III Dam is once again under fire from environmentalists who had previously raised concerns over dangers they…
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 @ 11:46 pm
Gibe III dam | Ethiopia Water Grabs: Creating 'East Africa's Aral Sea'?
(By Lori Pottinger) The destruction of the Aral Sea in Central Asia has been called the world's worst environmental disaster.…
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 @ 11:44 pm
China to loan $500 mil for Sugar projects in Omo and Afar
Ethiopia Sugar Corporation has said it has signed agreements with the state-owned China Development Bank for US$500 million in loans…
Saturday, October 6, 2012 @ 8:08 pm
Ethiopia-Kenya power line gets $348 mil., slated for next year
(By Sheree Hanna) The African Development Fund is backing a huge project to build a new power line between two…
Saturday, October 6, 2012 @ 8:02 pm
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