Featured, Shared Watercourses
Water Knows No Border Between Angola and Namibia
A transboundary initiative aimed at providing clean drinking water and proper sanitation between Angola and Namibia, is making steady progress.
Featured, Shared Watercourses
OKACOM Taking the Message to the People
A new comic book will bring results of a multi-year study of the Cubango-Okavango river system to an unusual audience – youth between 10 and 17.
Featured, Shared Watercourses
ZAMCOM is the Zambezi’s Insaka
ZAMCOM's Michael Mutale uses the model of the village court to explain the role of river basin organisations in Southern Africa.
Featured, Shared Watercourses
Sharing Southern Africa’s Water
Sound agreements on the sustainable and equitable management of joint water resources require effective means to implement them. Water officials from across Southern Africa are meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe, to develop a mechanism to accomplish just that.
Featured, Shared Watercourses
Together Against the Rising Water
The Southern Africa region has made great strides in monitoring and responding to seasonal flooding, thanks in large measure to the growing strength of transboundary institutions.
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Shared Watercourses
Strengthening Komati Basin Communities
Posted on 13 June 2012
The story of KOBWA, the Komati Water Basin Authority, begins with a painful loss, but has unfolded over time into a tale of management of water resources for the common good, always remembering the needs of local communities.
Podcasts, Shared Watercourses
Chobe River – What Conflict?
Posted on 08 June 2012
Botswana has ambitious plans for a commercial agriculture project that will draw nearly half a billion cubic metres of water per year from the Chobe River.
Shared Watercourses
Le Congo devrait signer le protocole de la SADC sur l’eau
Posted on 08 June 2012
Analystes invitent la RDC à signer rapidement le protocole de la SADC sur l'eau.
Shared Watercourses
Jose Chiburre – A Friend in the River
Posted on 08 June 2012
The memories of a boy who grew up in Maputo's Magudi District may be key to protecting the integrity of the Zambezi.
Shared Watercourses
Sergio Sitoe – Commission Calm Despite Stressed River Basin
Posted on 08 June 2012
Water pollution, disaster management, and water allocation have been the key challenges facing the Limpopo Water Course Commission.
Shared Watercourses
Tracy Molefi – Seeking Harmony Across Borders
Posted on 06 June 2012
'“It is our responsibility as RBOs to avoid conflict, uncertainty and mistrust because the people might just stop trusting the Commissions.'
COLUMNS
Columns, Featured, Water Dialogue
Tackling Climate Change through Water
Posted on 28 June 2011
Some of the key adversities as a result of climate change are either floods or droughts, both of which require great effort in terms of mitigation.
Columns, Podcasts, Water Dialogue
African women in the path of climate change
Posted on 15 October 2010
Climate change could drive women's empowerment, says Stephanie Midgley.
Columns, Water Dialogue
‘If we can’t manage water well, Africa won’t progress
Posted on 13 October 2010
With 93 percent of Africa's water in transboundary basins, most parties are coming to appreciate how benefit sharing provides opportunities to for optimal water management, says David Phillips.
Columns, Water Dialogue
The risks of climate change on food security in Southern Africa
Posted on 10 October 2010
Climate change threatens Africa's water and food security: the changes in climate will impact on social and political stability of most African countries.
Columns, Water Dialogue
Southern Africa must find resources to back policy
Posted on 09 October 2010
The issue of funding has also been a thorny one. National governments consider feasibility studies expensive and not a priority and that has in the end cost the region.
Columns, FANRPAN
‘Agriculture in Africa is changing rapidly’
Posted on 01 September 2010
ILRI researcher Marco Herrero is amazed by the ingenuity and adaptability of dryland farmers.
INTERVIEWS
Interviews, Shared Watercourses
Freddie Motlhatlhedi – Strengthen Common Power Grid to Keep Lights On
Posted on 08 June 2012
The four countries that are party to the ZIZABONA electricity interconnection project – Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia – are set to move the project forward.
Interviews, Shared Watercourses
Zambezi Commission Comes of Age
Posted on 07 June 2012
Negotiations over the Zambezi Watercourse Commission stimulated development of agreements on transboundary basin management for the whole of Southern Africa.
Interviews, Shared Watercourses
Three Minutes with Sipho Nkambule, Chief Executive Officer of the Komati Basin Water Authority
Posted on 07 June 2012
Managing the Maguga Dam is a key priority for the Authority, which recently completed a resettlement programme for 125 families displaced by the reservoir.
Interviews, Shared Watercourses
Elizabeth Karonga – Coaxing People Out of Harm’s Way
Posted on 06 June 2012
'In the past we used radio to alert people downstream, but we have realised that we need more.'
6th IFAD Regional Forum, Conferences, Interviews, Podcasts
Sao Tomé project shows great promise
Posted on 17 November 2011
Farming cocoa, coffee and pepper in Sao Tomé show promise, with interest from Europe lifting farmers' profits.
Interviews
Putting Agriculture on the Climate Change agenda
Posted on 17 November 2011
Expectations for Durban are low, but farmers not only want an agreement – they want agriculture to be put on the agenda.
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