Ethiopia: UN Demands Urgent Answers From Ethiopia Over Gibe III Dam

Ethiopia: UN Demands Urgent Answers From Ethiopia Over Gibe III Dam   The UN’s growing concern over Ethiopia’s construction of the controversial Gibe III dam has prompted it to demand urgent information from the African state.   The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has given Ethiopia until the end of January 2012 to provide reliable evidence that independent assessments have been carried out, and that tribal people in the region have been properly consulted.   The...

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