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After a series of setbacks, it is anticipated the construction of the Bujagali hydro power station will, in spite of technical advice against the project, move ahead in early 2006. The project could be commissioned in 2009.

The controversial planned Epupa Hydropower scheme has given way to the development of the Kudu gas-to-power project as Namibia pushes for electricity independence.

Article from The Nambian 

The controversial planned Epupa Hydropower scheme has given way to the development of the Kudu gas–to–power project as Namibia pushes for electricity independence.

As the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) continues to compensate communities affected by the giant Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) in the Butha–Buthe district, notably in the ‘Muela and Khukhune areas, some communities similarly affected by the Project in the Thaba–Tseka and Maseru districts say the multi–billion dollar water scheme has forgotten about them.

As the impoundment of the Mohale reservoir of the giant Lesotho Highlands Development Project (LHWP) which started on Friday, November 1, 2002 is regarded as a milestone in the implementation of Phase 1B of the Project, The future remains uncertain and bleak for some local communities living around the reservoir.

It is the largest water scheme of its kind in the world. It is a brilliant engineering feat surpassed by none of its kind, and has opened once inaccessible rugged Lesotho highlands through a series of roads that lead to its large reservoirs such as the Katse, Mohale, and Muela dams.

(Maputo) Mozambican environmentalists opposition to the construction of a new hydroelectric project on the Zambezi River near the giant Cahora Bassa is increasing. The future dam, named Mepanda Nkuwa, would require an investiment of about US$1.2 billion and is considered by the Government to be crucial to supply energy to grand enterprises to be built in Mozambique.

A tale of Swiss bank accounts and battered reputations unfolds in a courtroom in faraway Lesotho

In a large brick courthouse in uptown Maseru, Lesotho, a gavel will pound down on a judge’s desk tomorrow.

Its measured thud will go unnoticed by Basotho shepherds herding their ponies over nearby passes or the local women hawking their wares in the market. But thousands of kilometres away in the outskirts of Oakville, its reverberations will rattle the foundations of a venerable Canadian company.

Winding its way through Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, the Zambezi River is a prized resource. Its waters provide fisheries, tourism, and increasingly, electricity. But as Frederico Katere reports, Mozambique’s attempt to dam the river is pushing environmentalists into deep end.Despite advice from environmentalists and scientists that the construction of another hydroelectric dam on the Zambezi River will intensify flooding, the Mozambican government has decided to go ahead with the project.

WASHINGTON, Dec 5, 2001 (Inter Press Service via COMTEX) –– An expected surge in world demand for energy–intensive aluminum products could fuel construction of environmentally ruinous dams from the Amazon to Mozambique, activists warn.

Demand for cans and a host of other aluminum products is being driven by population growth and international trade.