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Article

17 Sep 2011

Author:
Sudan Tribune

Merowe dam Technical Consultant, Lahmeyer, under investigations [Germany]

Lahmeyer...the German consultant is under investigations with regard to its involvement in Merowe dam project in Sudan...Merowe dam project, also known as Hamdab dam, is a hydroelectric project on the River Nile Fourth cataracts...It was completed in 2010 and has caused the displacement of more than 100,000 individual from three riverian communities, hamdab, Amri and the Manasir. The matter arose last year from a criminal complaint presented by the European Center of Constitutional and Human Rights...The attorneys Wolfgang Kaleck and Miriam Saage-Maaß accuse the Corporation Lahmeyer of coercion and damage of property...The Corporation, based in Bad Vilbel (Germany), is believed to have violated the right to property, the right to food and the right to adequate housing...According to Frankfurt Prosecutor’s Office/Main, Lahmeyer is supposed to submit a statement by autumn.

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Lahmeyer under criminal investigation in Germany over involvement in dam in Sudan that allegedly displaced over 100,000 people

Lahmeyer lawsuit (re dam construction in northern Sudan)

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