The four countries that are party to the ZIZABONA electricity interconnection project – Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia – are set to move the project forward.

The memories of a boy who grew up in Maputo’s Magudi District may be key to protecting the integrity of the Zambezi.

ZAMCOM’s Michael Mutale uses the model of the village court to explain the role of river basin organisations in Southern Africa.

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.

Buoyed by government’s fertiliser subsidy, Zambia’s farmers produced 2.8 million tonnes of maize in the 2009/10 growing season.

Energy expert Catherine Fedorsky says that since so much energy in the region is generated by a limited resource – water – and it is all the more important that countries find a fair way of sharing it.

Climate change threatens Africa’s water and food security: the changes in climate will impact on social and political stability of most African countries.

Davison Makanga inspects the ways sound management of shared water resources can strengthen development.

 

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After the Zambezi River rose and swallowed their homes in 2008, the villagers of Mbeta Island have learned to fear their home.

Zambia created a new Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development in 2009 with a view to raising the profile and resources available to the livestock sector.