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Gibe III dam | Chinese investment welcome but more controls are needed

In southern Ethiopia, a giant wall of concrete is rising between the sides of a steep gorge. When complete, the…

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 11:56 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a 73-page report, titled “‘What Will Happen if Hunger Comes?’: Abuses against the Indigenous Peoples…

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 11:44 pm

[By: Lion Lepalo Gideon - Save Lake Turkana Campaign Project] The proposed building of Gibe 3 Dam by Ethiopia will…

Sunday, June 17, 2012 @ 11:59 pm

The mud-coloured Omo River which snakes through green gorges, feeding lush vegetation and providing vital water to one of Ethiopia's…

Friday, June 8, 2012 @ 2:00 am

Ethiopia’s Gibe III Hydropower dam will be operational by mid-2013. The Gibe III dam project, with about 1,870 MW installed…

Thursday, May 24, 2012 @ 3:00 am

The government of Kenya has agreed to start importing electricity from Ethiopia at US$0.07 per kilowatt hour at what the…

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 @ 6:03 am

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) requested Ethiopia ‘to provide information on measures taken to conduct…

Sunday, October 30, 2011 @ 8:28 am

The weekly press release of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responded to a recent article from International Rivers official,…

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 @ 4:17 am

The Ethiopian government issued a formal response to the UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee request that the construction of the Gibe…

Saturday, September 3, 2011 @ 4:10 am

Ethiopia will continue to build Gibe III despite different accusations, CEO of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) told the…

Wednesday, August 10, 2011 @ 7:12 am