International Rivers's Merowe Campaign Materials

Press Releases

• Hundreds Forced to Flee Homes as Merowe Dam Reservoir Waters Rise Without Warning
  More than 100 families were suddenly forced to abandon their homes on August 7 because of rising flood waters after the authorities unexpectedly closed the dam’s gates and began filling its reservoir. The families have been left without food or shelter, August 11, 2006.

• Sudan Government Massacres Merowe Dam Affected People
  In April 2006, the dam authorities carried out a massacre against people who are resisting displacement for the Merowe Dam. Read an International Rivers & LOHAP Press Release, April 22, 2006.

• Independent Review Reveals Serious Flaws in Sudan’s Merowe Dam
  An independent review published in March 2006 analyzes the serious shortcomings of the environmental assessment of the Merowe Dam, March 22, 2006.

Reports

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  Read about the social and environmental problems of the Merowe/Hamadab Dam Project in Sudan. An A Critical Juncture for Peace, Democracy, and the Environment (Arabic) translation is also available, April 28, 2005

Letters

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  In late November 2005, the area affected by the Merowe Dam erupted in violence. Read the appeal in which International Rivers and the Corner House called for a peaceful resolution of the conflict and a halt of the dam construction activities, November 30, 2005.

• Serious Human Rights Problems at Merowe/Hamdab
  An April 2004 letter to the German company Lahmeyer alerted the company to serious human rights problems with the dam; it accompanied a petition signed by more than 160 people. Read the petition: www.petitiononline.com. Also, read about Lahmeyer's Record on Past Large Dam Projects (PDF), from the March 2004 report "Dams, Inc." by the UK group The Cornerhouse, December 12, 2004.

• NGOs Urge Alstom to Reconsider its Involvement in Merowe Dam (PDF)
  A sign–on letter to the French firm Alstom asks the company to reconsider its involvement in the controversial Merowe Dam on the Nile. Response Letter From ALSTOM CEO, Patrick Kron, Regarding Involvement in Merowe Project, February 2004.

Memoranda

• Memorandum on the Merowe Dam Project
  When President Hu Jintao visited Sudan in February 2007, International Rivers and other groups asked the Chinese authorities to address the problems of the Merowe Dam. Read the NGO memorandum on this topic.