Menchum River

[1] The Menchum, Donga and Katsina Ala rivers all flow west from the Northeast Region to join the Benue in Nigeria.

The highlands, formed by volcanic action, have been dissected by steep valleys carved out by fast-flowing streams.

[5] On 7 September 2009, Agreenergy and the Government of Cameroon signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a project to build a dam and 90MW hydroelectric power plant on the river.

[6] On 8 December 2010 President Paul Biya announced plans to construct a dam on the Menchum Falls.

Ambazonian separatist movements plan on damming the Menchum Falls after independence to not only gain electricity self-sufficiency for their new country, but also to export to Cameroon and Nigeria.