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	<title>International Water Law Project Blog &#187; Africa</title>
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		<title>Convention Watch &#8211; Benin Becomes 27th Party to the UN Watercourse Convention</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2012/07/06/convention-watch-benin-becomes-27th-party-to-the-un-watercourse-convention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Benin became the 27th Party to the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention when it submitted its instrument of accession to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 5 July 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Africa’s Water Security</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2012/05/27/the-future-of-africas-water-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 02:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, the BBC reported (here) on vast reservoirs of ground water resources underlying the African continent and the critical use that this water could have for populations now and in the future. While the so-called “discovery” of this water wealth may be questionable (see WaterWired’s Michael Campana explaining what we already knew here), the resurgence in interest in fresh water for Africa is a critical development in itself.]]></description>
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		<title>Outcome of the Nairobi Nile Council of Ministers Meeting – An Inevitable Consequence of a level-playing field?</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2012/02/14/outcome-of-the-nairobi-nile-council-of-ministers-meeting-%e2%80%93-an-inevitable-consequence-of-a-level-playing-field/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2012/02/14/outcome-of-the-nairobi-nile-council-of-ministers-meeting-%e2%80%93-an-inevitable-consequence-of-a-level-playing-field/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministers of Waters Resources of the Nile Basin countries (Nile Council of Ministers, or Nile COM) were supposed to hold an extra-ordinary meeting on January 27, 2012, in Nairobi, Kenya. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the legal and institutional ramifications of the entry into force of the Nile Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA). That meeting was requested by Egypt and Sudan, following signing of the CFA by six of the lower riparians, namely Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda Tanzania and Uganda. Coincidentally, the CFA needs six ratifications to enter into force.]]></description>
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		<title>The Hydro-Challenges of the New State of South Sudan in the Nile Basin</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2011/05/06/the-hydro-challenges-of-the-new-state-of-south-sudan-in-the-nile-basin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 13:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Salman M.A. Salman has just published an article in Water International on “The New State of South Sudan and the Hydro-politics of the Nile Basin.” He has graciously provided the IWLP Blog with the following guest post.]]></description>
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		<title>1997 Watercourse Convention &#8211; 23 Ratifications, and Counting &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2011/03/23/1997-watercourse-convention-23-ratifications-and-counting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2011/03/23/1997-watercourse-convention-23-ratifications-and-counting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[International Water Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On 22 March 2011, Burkina Faso acceded to the 1997 UN Convention on the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses.]]></description>
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		<title>Burundi Signs New Nile River Agreement</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2011/02/28/burundi-signs-new-nile-river-agreement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2011/02/28/burundi-signs-new-nile-river-agreement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the turmoil in Egypt (and probably the secession of South Sudan), Burundi has taken the rather bold step of becoming the sixth signatory to the Agreement on the Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework (CFA).]]></description>
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		<title>Botswana Court Awards Kalahari Bushmen Water Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2011/01/28/botswana-court-awards-kalahari-bushmen-water-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2011/01/28/botswana-court-awards-kalahari-bushmen-water-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After eight years of litigation, on January 27, 2011, the Kalahari Bushmen of Botswana won the right to access borehole water in their ancestral lands located in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The victory came when a court of appeals unanimously struck down a lower court ruling that had denied the Bushmen access to the borehole.]]></description>
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		<title>Accord or Discord on the Nile? – Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2010/07/26/accord-or-discord-on-the-nile-%e2%80%93-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2010/07/26/accord-or-discord-on-the-nile-%e2%80%93-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before giving my assessment of the Agreement on the Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework (CFA), a brief caveat. As you will see from the copy I procured, the document has some formatting defects (e.g., different font sizes, a few color changes, non-consecutive numbering, variations in indentation spaces, etc.). While I (and my sources) cannot vouch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accord or Discord on the Nile? – Part I</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2010/07/26/accord-or-discord-on-the-nile-%e2%80%93-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2010/07/26/accord-or-discord-on-the-nile-%e2%80%93-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its always a good day when nations come to terms over shared fresh water resources, especially in the more parched regions of the world. Hence, it was a wonderful turn of events when various news agencies (e.g., here, here, here, here, and here) reported recently that the nations of the Nile River Basin had reached [...]]]></description>
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