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Jun
Niël Terblanché Namibia became the first Southern African country, and the eighth country in Africa, to accede to the United Nations Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes. As both a midstream and downstream country, transboundary water cooperation is crucial for Namibia and the region’s water security and sustainable socio-economic development because the country shares all its perennial rivers with neighbouring countries as well as several significant transboundary groundwater reserves. Namibia’s Minister for Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Calle Schlettwein said that transboundary water cooperation stands as the cornerstone of the nation’s water security. “I…