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The ABNs capacity to manage the collective use of Nigers water resources has been strengthened. At 4,200 kilometers long, the Niger is Africas third-longest river. More than 160 million people live in its watershed. The Niger River Basin Authority (Autorité du Bassin du Niger, ABN) was founded in 1964 to coordinate and jointly manage the resources of the Niger Basin. Its member countries are Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte dIvoire, Guinea, Cameroon, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Chad. The ABN makes an important contribution to cooperation among the riparian states. It also helps alleviate the regions serious development problems: improved water management, for example, can expand agriculture that uses irrigation systems. This enables higher yields and improves the populations food supply. Furthermore, the construction of dams improves energy and drinking water supplies and can contribute to mitigating flood damage. Legal regulations between the ABN member countries already form the political, institutional, and legal basis for stronger regional cooperation. However, the countries are not yet sufficiently utilizing this potential. For example, there are currently only a few projects that jointly organize transboundary water resources. Objective The ABN advises member countries on how to jointly manage the Niger Basins cross-border water resources in a climate-adapted manner. It successfully manages the processes required for this. |
