Gibe III dam to be operational next year; World Bank ponders credit
Ethiopia’s Gibe III Hydropower dam will be operational by mid-2013. The Gibe III dam project, with about 1,870 MW installed power generation capacity, located in southern Ethiopia, is the biggest undertaking in the nation, second to the 6000 MW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance hydropower project. The Gibe III dam project is now 55% complete, including the … Read more
Ethiopia, Kenya negotiating on electric power export deal
The government of Kenya has agreed to start importing electricity from Ethiopia at US$0.07 per kilowatt hour at what the Kenyan Ministry of Energy describes as a competitive rate. The deal to import 400 megawatts (MW) was reached between Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and Ethiopia’s Ministry of Water and Energy, but they have not reached … Read more
Ethiopia: UN Committee inquires about Gibe III dam, Sugar project
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) requested Ethiopia ‘to provide information on measures taken to conduct an independent assessment of the negative effects of the construction’ of the Gibe III dam and the Kuraz Sugar Project. It is to be recalled that another UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee urged Ethiopia ‘to immediately … Read more
Gibe III dam | Gov’t responds to International Rivers official’s article
The weekly press release of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responded to a recent article from International Rivers official, an organization dedicated to bring a halt to Gibe III dam – a 1,870 MW mega dam on the south-western Ethiopia to be operational by September 2013. The response was published in last Friday issue … Read more
Gibe III dam | Ethiopia’s statement on the UN Committee request
The Ethiopian government issued a formal response to the UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee request that the construction of the Gibe III Dam be halted immediately. It is to be recalled that the Committee made the request in its session held last June in Paris, France. The government’s objection was indicated in a brief remark by … Read more
Ethiopia refuses to halt GIBE III dam
Ethiopia will continue to build Gibe III despite different accusations, CEO of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) told the English weekly Addis Fortune. CEO Meheret Debebe made the remark in response to the call by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee ‘to immediately halt all construction on the GIBE III dam’, in its 35th session held … Read more
On Gibe III dam | Ethiopia’s recklessness in the UN Committee proceedings
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee urged Ethiopia ‘to immediately halt all construction on the GIBE III dam’, in its 35th session held from June 19-29. The decision became public when the Committee published its documents by the end of last week and had been re-posted in this blog.(link) The news, however, is so far ignored by … Read more
On Gibe III dam : Weighing the UN Committee’s decision | Ethiopia
It was by the end of last month, a UN Committee urged Ethiopia ‘to immediately halt all construction on the GIBE III dam’. The issue became public at the end of last week, when the Committee’s documents were published on its website. That is ‘the World Heritage Committee’ (aka ‘Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of … Read more
On Gibe III dam: The ‘analysis’ submitted to the Committee [full text]
As previously reported the World Heritage Committee’ of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) passed a decision that asking Ethiopia ‘to immediately halt all construction on the GIBE III dam’ on its 35th session, held from June 19-29/2011 in Paris, France. The decision was posted in this blog (link). For the sake of forthcoming … Read more
Text of UN body decision on Gibe III dam project
World Heritage Committee requested Ethiopia ‘to immediately halt all construction on the GIBE III dam’, which is partly financed by a Chinese loan. The Committee is responsible for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention and is placed under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO). The Committee meets once a year, and consists … Read more
