The Italian construction firm, Salini, last Saturday started filling the Gilgel Gibe dam. Eng. Azeb Asnake, project manager of Gilgel Gibe III,…
Developing countries worldwide view the construction of power facilities as integral to their economic development to lift their populations out of poverty.…
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Africa’s Friend China Finances $9.3 Billion of Hydropower
When completed in 2013, Gibe III on Ethiopia’s Omo River will be Africa’s tallest dam, a $2.2 billion project that conservationists say…
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Ethiopia reject UN recommendation to stop Gilgel Gibe III dam construction
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopian officials say they will not heed the U.N.’s recommendation to halt construction on a dam that the…
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Kenyan MPs Say Ethiopia’s Move To Divert Waters Of River Omo Will Dry Up Turkana Lake
NAIROBI, Aug 11 –Kenyan members of Parliament have warned that the country’s Lake Turkana, the world biggest saline lake, risks drying up…
Barry Malone * Ethiopia building huge dams to beat power shortages * Says western campaigners only focus on Africa ADDIS ABABA –…
Tesfa-Alem Tekle (ADDIS ABABA) – Some 400 organizations from across the world have signed a petition against the construction of Ethiopia’s multi-billion…
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Kenyans to Protest Chinese Involvement in Ethiopia’s Gibe III Dam
APA -Nairobi (Kenya) – Members of civil society and other concerned individuals in Kenya are on Sunday, 20 February 2011 scheduled to…