Zimbabwe seeks Zambezi River water

Zimbabwe: Country Seeks Zambezi Water Project Go-Ahead (Zimbabwe Independent) – Zimbabwe is seeking permission from Sadc countries to draw water from the Zambezi River to ease water problems in the Matabeleland region.

Water Resources Development minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo told the Zimbabwe Independent this week that the country was yet to get the authority from the other riparian states although his ministry had made a proposal to the countries.

Riparian states are countries that are connected to a river. Rivers riparian to the vast Zambezi include Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique.

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