news Sudan cancels controversial Kajbar dam project SudanTribube.com April 22, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok Thursday cancelled a controversial dam project in northern Sudan, a decision hailed by the residents of the area who struggled against it during the former regime. The Kajbar Dam is located in the Northern State, at the third cataract in the Kajbar area, at 111 km north of Dongola, inhibited by the Mahas Nubian group, The Nubians in northern Sudan opposed the dam project fearing a new displacement similar to Aswan High Dam, especially since the government did not conduct required feasibility studies for financial compensations and did not propose an appropriate alternative for residential and agricultural lands.