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30 Mar 2022 DODOMA, Tanzania

Tanzania: Government Investigates Mara River Pollution

Bad smells emanating from the Talek River, a tributary of the Mara River, that runs through the Masai Mara game reserve in Kenya have experts puzzled as to cause.

9 Mar 2021 DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania

Prioritising Water Infrastructure In Africa's Post COVID-19 Recovery

Guest Article - His Excellency President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, fourth President of the Republic of Tanzania, writes as Chair of Global Water Partnership's Southern Africa - Africa Coordination Unit.

20 Sep 2020 BOMET

Efforts To Conserve The Mara River Basin

Conservation of the Mau forest complex has led to increased water levels in the Mara River. Delegates from Kenya and Tanzania attending the Mara Day celebrations hosted by Bomet County said there is need to sustain efforts to conserve the Mara Basin, a regional resource. The government started the rehabilitation of the Mau forest complex by evicting more than 60,000 settlers and planting trees.

25 Mar 2020 DODOMA

Tanzania: Mara River Stakeholders Engage In Water Allocation Plan

Officials in Tanzania have said the ongoing process to set up water allocation plan for Mara River will consider priority needs of water with involvement of all key stakeholders getting high consideration. The Assistant Action Director for Water Development in the Ministry of Water, Ms Rosemary Rwebugisa said the Mara River water allocation plan will help them establish the quality, quantity and priorities during water allocation.

11 Dec 2019 NAIROBI, Kenya

Nile Basin Initiative HydroMet System Will Improve Water Resources Planning In Member States

Member States of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) will share reliable data for better monitoring of the Nile’s water resources under the $5.5 Million USD Nile Basin Regional HydroMet System to inform national planning and evidence-based decision making. The project will be implemented in Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda...

20 Nov 2019 GENEVA, Switzerland

15 Additional Nations From Africa, The Middle-East, Asia, Latin America Show Interest In Joining UNECE Water Convention

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has announced that an additional 15 countries have expressed interest in joining the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (the UNECE Water Convention). Iraq, Ghana and Togo have announced that the process is well-advanced accession consideration is already at parliament level...

13 Aug 2019 DODOMA

Tanzania Looks To Lake Victoria For Fresh Drinking Water Supply

The Tanzanian government intends to escalate drinking water projects around the south shore of the Lake Victoria in the coming years, as it progressively abandons the use of groundwater to pump fresh water into Lake Victoria. “We are working on a new plan to ensure that villages near water sources like Victoria get water directly from the lakes rather than spending more money on wells,” says Jumaa Awesso, Tanzania’s deputy water minister.

28 Jun 2017 KAMPALA, Uganda

No Deal as Nile Summit Underwhelms

Last week’s summit of Nile Basin countries did not live up to its billing. Only two heads of state bothered to make the journey to the June 20-22 event in Kampala, Uganda to resolve differences around the contentious 2010 Entebbe Agreement which purports to regulate water-sharing among the river’s riparian nations...

21 Jun 2017 KAMPALA, Uganda

Entebbe Agreement Summit Convenes

In the first meeting of its kind since 2010, Uganda’s capital Kampala will this week host a summit of Nile Basin heads of states to resolve differences on the Entebbe Agreement.In 2010 Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania signed the initial Entebbe Agreement which seeks to affirm certain international shares of Nile waters, outlining principles, rights and obligations for co-operative water resource management among member states...

20 Oct 2016 MBALE, Uganda

UNEP Urges Kilimanjaro Reforestation

A UN report this week urged the reforestation of Kilimanjaro, Africa’s iconic, and highest mountain. Climate change has destroyed 13,000 hectares of the Tanzanian mountain’s forestation since 1976 - equivalent to cutting off a year’s supply of drinking water for one million people, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)...

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23 Aug 2016 CAIRO, Egypt

Al Sisi Stresses Importance of Fostering Relations With Nile Basin Countries

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi emphasized the importance of fostering relations with fellow Nile Basin countries during a call with Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Mohamed Abdel Atty on August 20th.Al Sisi also stressed the need to support other riparians’ needs at the local and official levels...

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12 Aug 2016 LILONGWE, Malawi

Minister Rejects UNESCO Warning on Lake Malawi Oil Exploration

Malawi Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining, Bright Msaka pledged this week that the country would proceed with oil and gas exploration on Lake Malawi (also known as Lake Nyasa).Msaka dismissed the July 29 request by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage Center that the Malawi government suspend oil exploration in Lake Malawi National Park, which was designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, and re-affirm the country’s commitment to preserve the site...