By Human Rights Watch, Dropping water levels in Kenya’s Lake Turkana following the development of dams and plantations in Ethiopia’s lower Omo Valley threaten the livelihoods of half a million indigenous people in Ethiopia and Kenya, Human Rights Watch said today.
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By Fikrejesus Amahazion (PhD), NESTLED in the turbulent Horn of Africa, Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest independent modern nation-state and second most populous. Discourse on Ethiopia has traditionally revolved around poverty, conflict, disease, and famine, yet in recent years it has experienced considerable economic growth, making it amongst “Africa’s top performing economies,” and the country has […]
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Hatcher and Mark Hofer, LAKE Turkana is the world’s biggest desert lake, a vital source of life for humans and animals alike. But its lifeline is about to be cut by a push for development. Ethiopia, which borders Kenya, is building Africa’s largest hydro-electric power project, damming the Omo River, Lake Turkana’s primary source […]
Continue ReadingBy Survival International, The UN’s growing concern over Ethiopia’s construction of the controversial Gibe III dam has prompted it to demand urgent information from the African state. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has given Ethiopia until the end of January 2012 to provide reliable evidence that independent assessments have been carried […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, On its 35th session held in Paris, from June 19-29, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has passed a ‘decision’ ordering Ethiopia ‘to immediately halt all construction works on the Gibe III Dam’. However, the Chairman of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo), Mr. Mihret Debebe, told Addis Fortune that his country rejects the call […]
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