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SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Chinese-funded dams and other projects potentially threaten Africa's environment and local populations, an environmental group said Monday, urging Beijing to avoid similar mistakes made by Western donors.
Civic groups need to be engaged over projects such as the Merowe dam in Sudan, which is forcing 70,000 people from their homes in the Nile Valley into the Nubian desert, the U.S.-based International Rivers Network said in a statement.
The statement was issued during a visit to China by activists that coincides with Shanghai's hosting of the African Development Bank's annual meeting, a sign of China's growing engagement with the continent, where its companies have fanned out to build infrastructure and seek resources such as oil and gas.
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