Tag Archives: Gilgel Gibe III Dam
By Dr Alex Awiti, opinion Three months ago in this column, I warned that the completion of Ethiopia’s Gibe III dam on the Omo River could transform Lake Turkana, the world’s only desert lake, into Africa’s Aral Sea. Impassioned by … read more »
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Half a million Kenyans and Ethiopians are likely to be displaced, go hungry and face conflict due to a controversial dam linked to a forcible resettlment programme ‘bankrolled’ by British taxpayers, the lobby group Survival International said on Monday. The … read more »
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Gilgel Gibe III Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Lake Turkana, Omo River, PBS, Stephen Corry, Survival International
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Yehune Belay Anti-dam activist groups, especially the three sister NGOs – Survival International, International rivers, and Friends of Lake Turkana – had left no stone unturned in their sinister but futile to stop the construction of the Gillegel Gibe III … read more »
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NAIROBI (AlertNet) – Half a million Kenyans and Ethiopians are likely to be displaced, go hungry and face conflict due to a controversial dam linked to a forcible resettlement programme ‘bankrolled’ by British taxpayers, the lobby group Survival International said … read more »
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Gilgel Gibe III Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Rivers, Lake Turkana, PBS, Stephen Corry, Survival International
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Three new reports predict disaster in Lower Omo Valley Three new reports predict ‘catastrophe’ for half a million tribal people such as the Mursi of Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley. © Survival Three independent reports have warned that the controversial Gibe III … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Special Reports
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Gilgel Gibe III Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Lake Turkana, Omo River, Stephen Corry, Survival International
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By Mark Kapchanga The Gibe III dam could help Ethiopia’s development, but it might also be disastrous for the environment and threaten half a million people’s livelihoods. There are concerns that more than half a million people’s livelihoods along the … read more »
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We are species of self-professed fixers: our forbears domesticated plants and animals and liberated our kind from hunting and gathering; when natural capacity waned the genius of Haber and Bosch gave us inorganic fertilizers; Louis Pasteur advanced the germ theory … read more »
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By Sandra Postel, National Geographic Fish are abundant in Lake Turkana, the world’s largest desert lake. Photo by Jane Baldwin. Over the last century, the construction of big dams to generate power, supply water and control floods has unleashed a … read more »
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By Getachew Belayneh First and for most let me take this chance to congratulate the incoming leadership for getting the rare opportunity to lead the great people of Ethiopia. I wish you all the best to develop the essential qualities … read more »
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Tagged Blue Nile, Construction, Ethiopia, European Investment Bank, Gilgel Gibe III Dam, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Hailemariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, People of Ethiopia
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By: Dan Ruan Goats at Water on the Omo River Photo by Jane Baldwin, www.janebaldwin.com The following is a guest blog by Dan Ruan, China Program Intern International Rivers recently developed a Chinese-language version of a short film called “Kara … read more »
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Efforts to re-direct the Omo River for irrigation are drying up a key water source for tribes. New photographic evidence proves Ethiopia’s controversial plantations scheme is killing the Lower Omo River, a lifeline for 100,000 tribal people. The Omo River … read more »
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Cry Me a River, Cry Me a Lake Alemayehu G. Mariam Three years ago to the week, I wrote a weekly commentary entitled, “Cry Me a Lake: Crime Against Nature”. That commentary focused on the plight of tens of thousands … read more »
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David Turton 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 sustainable development opportunities for the affected people. BACKGROUND The River Omo (also … read more »
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Tagged Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia, European Investment Bank, Gibe III, Gilgel Gibe III Dam, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Lake Turkana, River Omo
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Increasing human rights violations and deaths from careless state-owned sugar plantation trucks could trigger violence in the Omo Valley as the TPLF/EPRDF seizes indigenous land and water sources! The Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) sounds an urgent emergency … read more »
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Almost 400 organizations have signed a petition against Africa’s tallest dam, which will be delivered to Ethiopian embassies across Europe and the United States to mark World Water Day on Tuesday March 22nd. At least eight tribes in Ethiopia and … read more »
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The government faces mounting criticism over the Gibe III dam – for not consulting the communities affected by it and for attempting to silence dissent. With Ethiopia due to become the leading recipient of bilateral UK development assistance, following last … read more »
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