Tag Archives: Lake Turkana
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 »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Op-ed
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian government, Gibe III, Gilgel Gibe III Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, Lake Turkana, Omo River
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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 »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Special Reports
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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 »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Ethiopia, Gibe III, Gilgel Gibe III Dam, Kenya, Lake Turkana, Omo River, Survival International, United Nations Environment Programme
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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 »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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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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Pastoralists living in the Omo valley are being forcibly relocated, imprisoned and killed due to plans to build a massive dam that will turn the region into a major centre for commercial farming. John Vidal in Delhi,guardian.co.uk, Suri boys at … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Lake Turkana, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Omo River, Politics of Ethiopia, Suri, World Heritage Site
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Lori Pottinger Editor of World Rivers Review and Africa Campaigner The destruction of the Aral Sea in Central Asia has been called the world’s worst environmental disaster. It’s not something we should be repeating, especially in a time of growing … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Aral Sea, China Development Bank, Ethiopia, Ethiopia Water Crisis, Ethiopia Water Grabs, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Gibe Ill Dam Ethiopia, green-news, Indepth Africa Magazine, Kenya, Lake Turkana, Lake Turkana Dam, Lake Turkana Ethiopia, Omo River Basin Ethiopia, Omo River Basin Land Grab, World Bank, World Heritage Site
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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 »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, European Investment Bank, Gilgel Gibe III Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, Kenya, Lake Turkana, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Omo River, World Bank
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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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Tagged East Africa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian latest news, ethiopian news, ethiopian news ethiopia news, Gibbe III Dam, Gilgel Gibe III Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Lake Turkana, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Omo River
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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 »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged British Columbia Institute of Technology, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian latest news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Gibe III, Gilgel Gibe III Dam, Kenya, Lake Turkana, latest ethiopian news, Omo, Omo River
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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 »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged China, Ethiopia, European Investment Bank, Gilgel Gibe III Dam, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, Kenya, Lake Turkana, Omo River, World Bank
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Julius Okoth The law provides that the owner of a piece of land owns everything up to the sky and down to the center of the earth and whatever is attached to the land becomes part of the property of … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, News
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Tagged Kenya, Kenyan, Lake Turkana, Lokichar, Tullow Oil, Turkana, Turkana County, Turkana people
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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 »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged africa african news, Ethiopia, European Investment Bank, Gibe III, Gilgel Gibe III Dam, indepthafrica africa news, Kenya, Lake Turkana, Omo River, World Heritage Site
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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 »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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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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Kenyan and Ethiopian officials are holding a consultation meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on their common security concerns and other related social issues along their shared border. The consultation meeting will be followed by a high level ministerial … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, News
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Tagged About Africa, Addis Ababa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kenya, Lake Turkana, Merille, Mwai Kibaki, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Army personnel have been dispatched to the Kenya-Ethiopia border following recent raids by Merille tribesmen who killed more than 40 people. Prime Minister Raila Odinga told Parliament on Wednesday afternoon that the army is under firm instructions to relocate more … read more »
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, David Koech, East Africa, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kenya, Lake Turkana, member of parliament, Merille, North Africa, Pan African News, Raila Odinga, Southern Africa, Turkana District, West Africa
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Another 11 people are feared dead after Ethiopian fighters raided Kokuro, Turkana North District. The Tuesday evening attack came barely a day after Merille raiders attacked Todonyang on Monday, leaving more than 30 people dead. Turkana North DC Jack Obuo … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Commissioner, Ethiopia, General Service Unit, IndepthAfrica, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthWorldIndepthNigeria, Kenya, Kenyan, Lake Turkana, map of africa, Merille, News local news, newspapers, Warfare and Conflict, World news
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Kenya has now written to the Ethiopian government to protest the attacks which occurred in Turkana district on Tuesday where 38 people were killed and dozens wounded. Hundreds of families were also displaced in the attacks carried out by Dasenach … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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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 »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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