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Article: UNITED NATIONS: CASH-STRAPPED U.N. LITERALLY FALLS APART
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- June 13, 1996
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Christof Maletsky
Inter Press Service English News Wire
06-13-1996
WINDHOEK, Jun. 12 (IPS) -- The Epupa Falls, in the Kunene River
Valley, is one of the most beautiful if difficult to reach spots
in Namibia, sandwiched between the mountains of Kaokoland which
straddle the northwestern border with Angola.
It is also the ancestral home of 12,000 Himba people. But they
have discovered that 500-years of residence, especially if you are
a minority ethnic group, may not be enough of a stake if it stands
in the way of the government's development goals.
The Himba are threatened with eviction if the green light is
given for the construction of a 415 megawatt hydro-electric scheme
which the government ...