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Kajbar is a tiny
village on the river Nile, selected by Sudan as the
site for a $200m (£100m) dam which will flood dozens
of surrounding villages. In theory, hydroelectric
power will be the first stage of a drive towards a
more industrialised state, and, according to the
President, Omar al-Bashir, an important step towards
eliminating poverty. It looks like a worthy aim for
a country where the average income is under £1 per
day, but it may be coming at a high cost. On June
13, 2007, Sudanese security forces opened fire on a
demonstration against the plans. The facts about the
incident are hard to obtain because journalists have
been prevented from reporting it. But according to
eyewitnesses, several thousand largely Nubian
protesters set out to march towards the dam
company's administrative HQ, and found themselves
blocked by soldiers at a narrow ravine. |
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