AfDB under pressure to pull out of Grand Inga project
Hydropower initiative will displace thousands near the Congo River in the DRC and will come at a huge cost to South Africans, say environmental groups
20 June 2019 - 18:49
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is under pressure from environmental lobby groups to withdraw support for the controversial Grand Inga hydropower project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Lobby groups say that the $80bn project, aimed at generating 40,000MW of power on the Congo River, is overpriced and susceptible to corruption and other risks...
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