Congo’s $14 Billion Dam Project Threatened by Disagreements

Spanish, Chinese developers submitted joint proposal last year
China Three Gorges now cites ‘serious differences’ in letter

Inga I, right, and Inga II power plants on the Congo river in Dec 2013.Photogrpaher: Marc Jourdier/AFP via Getty Images

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By Michael J Kavanagh and William Clowes

October 27, 2019 at 11:00 PM UTC

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October 28, 2019 at 5:55 AM UTC

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Serious disagreements between groups of Spanish and Chinese developers that want to build a 11,000-megawatt hydropower plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo may scuttle plans for the $14 billion project, according to a report.