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Gibe III: The Pride of Ethiopia

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Friday, 03 September 2010 14:28
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Ethiopia rejects dam criticism, targets 10,000 MW

Friday, 03 September 2010 13:58

Ethiopia on Thursday rejected criticism of its massive hydropower dam projects and vowed to push ahead with plans to boost its power generating ability from 2,000 MW to 10,000 MW within five years. Rights groups, spearheaded by Survival International, have started an online campaign against the dam, which would generate 2,000 MW, and are lobbying international lenders not to contribute to its 1.4 billion euro cost. "These organisations do not want Ethiopia to develop," Alemayehu said.

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U.N. says 270,000 at risk as floods loom in Ethiopia

Monday, 30 August 2010 17:36
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – More than a quarter of a million Ethiopians are risk from severe flooding next month when heavy rain is expected in the country, according to government estimates issued by the United Nations on Monday. Read more... Add new comment

INTERVIEW-Ethiopia denies rebels chased oil, gas firms away

Friday, 03 September 2010 13:52

ADDIS ABABA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Rebel claims that Malaysia's Petronas has stopped oil and gas exploration in Ethiopia are lies and three more firms are in negotiations to start exploration in the country, its mines minister said on Thursday. "The rebels took no gas field," Mines and Energy Minister, Alemayehu Tegenu, told Reuters in an interview. "That didn't happen. Petronas have not ceased operations. They have just suspended work to evaluate their portfolio."