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Groups Protest, Seeking China's Pullout From Controversial Dam
published 454 days, 11 hours, 3 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 454 days, 11 hours, 8 minutes ago
Thursday, February 24, 2011 7:02:26 AM GMT Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:57:23 AM GMT
Tesfa-Alem Tekle Addis Ababa — International environmental groups, members of civil society and other concerned individuals on Sunday held a protest in Kenya to petition the Chinese government against financing the construction of Ethiopia's controversial mega-dam. Sudan Tribune has learnt that the protesters, lobbied by Friends of Lake Turkana, marched to the Chinese embassy in Nairobi where they delivered a petition calling on China to stop its firms from engaging in the ... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: allafrica.com tags: economy, Electric Power, ethiopia construction, Gilgel Gibe, kenya, Tesfa-Alem Tekle

Meles declares to Complete Gibe III Dam at Any Cost
published 638 days, 13 hours, 16 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 638 days, 13 hours, 19 minutes ago
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:49:17 AM GMT Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:45:39 AM GMT
Briefing local media journalists in his office this morning , Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Awramba Times that the Gilgel Gibe III hydroelectric dam construction will be constructed at any cost on previously scheduled time. “nothing can stop the Ethiopian government from completing the project on schedule, [...] (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: awramba.com tags: Electric Power, Gilgel Gibe, Meles Zenawi, news about ethiopia