Last week, some 400 organizations from across the world have signed a petition against the construction of Ethiopia’s multi-billion dollar Gibe III Dam project. The petition delivered to ...

In the meantime, the lake’s levels continued to drop precipitously, as Ethiopia filled the Gibe III dam and diverted River Omo’s waters towards newly established sugar plantations. The lake ...

Last month, the World Heritage Committee added Lake Turkana National Park to the list of 54 endangered sites, citing threats posed to the lake by Ethiopia’s Gibe III dam and Kuraz Sugar project.