Environment
Fears Grow for Indigenous People in Path of
Massive Ethiopian Dam
By Chalachew Tadesse
Lake Turkana, believed to be four million years old, has been called “the Cradle of Mankind”. The Kwegu people living around it are under threat from the massive Gibe III
Dam project, one of Africa’s largest hydropower projects. Credit: CC-BY-SA-3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A
United Nations mission is due to take place to assess
the impact of Ethiopia’s massive Gilgel Gibe III
hydroelectric power project on the Omo River which