(May 21, 2002) Canadian company, Acres, denied links to bribery scandal.
Convicted Highlands Water Project chief hospitalized
(May 21, 2002) The former chief executive of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, Masupha Sole, convicted in the multi-million rand bribery trial linked to the massive Lesotho Highlands Water Project, has been remanded in custody at a Maseru Hospital.
Corporate bribery verdict in Lesotho
(May 20, 2002) A former senior official in Lesotho has been found guilty of taking bribes from a consortium of international firms in relation to a highly controversial water development project.
Bribe exposure
(May 20, 2002) A historic decision: a court in Lesotho has convicted an African official of taking bribes from international construction firms.
NGO letter to World Bank re: Bujagali dam
(May 20, 2002) Ugandan and international groups, including Probe International, urge World Bank Directors to make public details of Bujagali hydro deal.
Uganda dam decision delayed
(May 18, 2002) The fate of Africa’s biggest commercial investment hung in the balance yesterday after the World Bank postponed a decision on whether to fill a massive funding shortfall left by the withdrawal of skeptical financiers, reports the Independent (UK).
World Bank management manipulated data on Uganda dam
(May 14, 2002) Report shows Executive Board approved project on basis of distorted economic analysis
Swimming against the current?
(May 14, 2002) The findings of the first study into World Bank-financed Pak Moon Dam which directly involved local people are soon to be released. Is it, like previous reports critical of the project, doomed to fall on deaf ears?
A day to commemorate the “Los Encuentros” massacre in Guatemala
(May 14, 2002) Twenty years ago, May 14, 79 villagers were murdered when soldiers entered the Maya village of the Rio Negro community in Guatemala. This massacre was the 3rd of four "Rio Negro/Chixoy dam massacres", in which over 440 people were murdered.
In its water, Laos sees power to cut poverty
(March 11, 2002) Nam Theun 2 dam project will divert large volumes of water from the Nam Theun river to the Xe Bang Fai river, both of which flow into the Mekong. Environmental groups say it will displace large numbers of people, disrupt fish migration and breeding.
Nam Thuen 2 Dam Deal Blasted as EGAT Signs Agreement
(February 28, 2002) Amid concerns about a lack of electricity demand in Thailand and environmental and social problems, Thailand’s state power agency (EGAT) signed an agreement to buy 980 megawatts of electricity from Laos’ Nam Thuen 2 dam, starting from 2006.
Specific answers needed from Egat
(February 1, 2002) Egat, again, plans to sign an agreement to buy power from the Nam Theun 2 project, putting Thai taxpayers at risk of shouldering the burden of a deal negotiated under the highly centralised decision-making framework of technocrats in state agencies.
Thailand to sign $200 mln/yr power deal with Laos
(January 28, 2002) Next month, Thailand plans to sign a preliminary contract with Laos to buy $200 million of power a year from Indochina’s largest hydroelectric dam, Nam Theun 2.
Do like I say in siting dams, not like I do in ignoring critics
(January 21, 2002) The World Bank couldn’t resist and the upper Nile River will never be the same again, thanks to the 200-Mw Bujagali Dam in Uganda.
Need versus greed? The Bujagali Falls dam project gets go-ahead from World Bank despite criticism
(January 1, 2002) The Bujagali Falls are a site of national pride in Uganda. Twisting blue waters set against a carpet of green land, the Bujagali Falls are a beautiful landmark in comparison to this country’s rough and difficult history.
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