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Peter Bosshard 08.06.2016 Construction of Congo's Inga dam stumbles over stark environmental concerns, says   Peter Bosshard President Joseph Kabila visits the Three Gorges Dam in September 2015. Chinese contractors are behind the Inga 3 Dam in Congo. (Image by DRC government) The Inga 3 Dam , on the Congo River, is the first stage of a plan to build the world’s largest hydropower complex, the 40,000 MW Grand Inga Dam. Even though more than 90% of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) population has no access to electricity, the project will primarily generate power for mining companies and export markets, such as South Africa. The World Bank and the World Energy Council have presented the Inga 3 Dam as a “dream for Africa”, and a model for the lessons learned from past mega projects. But the hydropower project on the Congo is unravelling into a political ploy that shows a disregard for the people and the environment that are af