Water knows no borders: Transboundary cooperation is key to water security and avoiding conflict

Posted in : on 10 July 2023

As pressure mounts on the world’s freshwater resources, closer international cooperation is needed to manage the world’s shared rivers, aquifers, and lakes.

Overflowing with biodiversity: protecting the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area

Posted in : on 11 June 2023

In the Great Limpopo TFCA (Transfrontier Conservation Area), which straddles Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, sits the Pafuri-Sengwe Node, a geography highly susceptible to both drought and poverty. These threaten livelihoods and leave communities less equipped to support biodiversity protection. Through CIWA’s Southern Africa Drought Resilience Initiative (SADRI), the World Bank supports work to identify […]

Transboundary Waters and Biodiversity Conservation: How CIWA Program became a change-maker

Posted in : on 22 May 2023

CIWA is exploring ways to better align its transboundary water cooperation efforts with biodiversity conservation goals, including identifying opportunities at the intersection of transboundary water management and freshwater biodiversity conservation. 

Cubango-Okavango Basin Sustaining a Crucial Water Source for the Living

Posted in : on 11 May 2023

The environmental integrity and long-term protection of the Cubango-Okavango River Basin depend on addressing the underlying drivers of poverty. Accelerated environmental changes in the basin are largely driven by four factors – population dynamics, land use change, poverty, and climate change – leading to deterioration in water quality, changes in the flood pulse and diminishing […]

Improving Groundwater Development in the Sahel Region

Posted in : on 18 April 2023

To better prepare future interventions and enhance awareness of groundwater as a key factor for water security, CIWA created the Sahel Groundwater Initiative technical assistance program.

Senegal Mauritanian Aquifer Basin: preserving unique riparian ecosystems

Posted in : on 11 April 2023

The continent’s third-longest river, the Senegal River, stretches across Guinea, Mali, Senegal, and Mauritania. It is the lifeblood of the area, rich in biodiversity, providing people with water for energy, irrigation, and drinking. In a region plagued by drought and poverty, this river could have become the source of conflict. Instead, it is one of […]

Advancing towards a more gender equal world in transboundary water management in Sub-Saharan Africa

Posted in : on 8 March 2023

If we want to begin to tackle the deep-seated drivers of gender inequality so that women can operate in an environment where their voice and role are truly accepted, we need to be more ambitious.

Leaving No One Behind, reflections on CIWA’s Integration of a Social Inclusion Perspective

Posted in : on 28 February 2023

The Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA) seeks to promote a broad-based understanding of social inclusion across all levels and sectors of the projects that it supports. The World Bank positions social inclusion as creating opportunities for all people while addressing deep-rooted systemic inequalities. CIWA recognizes the importance of applying a social inclusion lens to its work as part of its commitment to a transformative approach to gender and social inclusion.

A Transformative Approach for the Nile Basin: How CIWA Leaves its Mark

Posted in : on 21 February 2023

The Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA), grew out of the progress made by the Nile Basin Trust Fund in water resources management and development in the Nile River Basin. Today, it is now working on a larger scale to enhance the region’s resilience to worsening climate change and water insecurity, elevating the voices of civil society in decisions about water resources, and providing opportunities for riparian dialogue and hydro-diplomacy.

A Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Future for Lake Victoria

Posted in : on 11 February 2023

If protected, this body of water has the potential to serve as an economic powerhouse – capable of creating green jobs, supporting subsistence and market economies, and securing the future of major population centers several hundred kilometers away. That is the promise and potential of the largest of the African Great Lakes – Lake Victoria. […]

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