Africa


bicusa.org/africa Home RegionsAfrica Africa Overview Key Issues Problem Projects Updates Resources Partners Contacts Chad, Cameroon Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline Project Status: Active One of the most controversial World Bank projects ever, this $4.2 billion pipeline fails to beat the "resource curse" Read more South Africa Eskom Status: Active $3 billion for new coal plant will deepen South Africa’s climate debt for the benefit of transnationals, while leaving South Africa’s poor in the dark. Read more Archived Problem Projects BIC has worked on these projects in the past, but is no longer actively covering them. Botswana Kalahari Diamonds Limited Project Read more Cameroon Lom Pangar Dam Status: proposed -- financing not yet approved Proposed dam would meet industrial energy needs, rather than those of rural poor, and would flood 30,000 hectares of tropical hardwood forest, threaten biodiversity, and submerge part of oil pipeline. Read more Chad Chad Report Read more Democratic Republic of Congo Kolwezi (Kingamyambo) Status: Approved May 12, 2005 Copper-cobalt tailings project, to re-process mineral waste from old Gecamines mines in Katanga Province Read more Ghana Ahafo Gold Mine Status: Active Open-pit cyanide processing gold mine will physically and economically displace nearly 10,000 people in its first phase alone Read more Ghana Ghana Australian Goldfields Project - Iduapriem and Teberebie Goldmines Read more Ghana Ghana Mining Policy Read more Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo Dikulushi Copper Silver Project Status: Approved May 3, 2005 Local groups concerned about corruption, impact on conflict Read more Mali Sadiola Gold Mine Project Read more Mozambique Mphanda Nkuwa Dam Project Read more Mozambique, South Africa Sasol Natural Gas Project Read more Nigeria Niger Delta Contractor Revolving Credit Facility The International Finance Corporation (IFC), Royal Dutch Shell and Diamond Bank of Nigeria have each committed one third of the $30 million investment required to establish the Niger Delta Contractor Revolving Credit Facility, through which a local bank in the Niger Delta will extend loans to contractors working for Shell and its affiliates. Read more Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana \| 2004 – 2007 West African Gas Pipeline Project Status: Active Local groups say project will not end gas flaring, could exacerbate conflicts in the Niger Delta Read more Tanzania Bulyanhulu Gold Mine Project Read more Uganda \| 2007 – 2010 Bujagali Hydroelectric Project Status: Active Costly, unsustainable dam on the White Nile opposed by local civil society organizations. Read more Print Email		Search Regions Africa Asia Europe/Central Asia Latin America Middle East and North Africa See also Democratic Republic of Congo African Development Bank European Investment Bank in Africa International Finance Corporation International Monetary Fund Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency World Bank (IBRD & IDA) Stay Informed! Sign up for our e-newsletters. SignUp

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