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Africa’s New Friend China Financing $9.3 Billion of Dams for Hydropower

A new report from International Rivers looks at Chinese financing of dams in Africa and its impact on rivers there and the people who live on them. From Bloomberg:When completed in 2013, Gibe III on Ethiopia’s Omo River will be Africa’s tallest dam, a $2.2 billion project that conservationists say will deprive birds and hippos of vital habitat. Some 600 miles (965 kilometers) to the north, Sudan