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Article: SOUTHERN AFRICA: MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE-GIVING ZAMBEZI RIVER.
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- Interpress Service
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- November 21, 2006
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by Thessa Bos
CAPE TOWN, Nov. 21, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- Countries and groups that rely on Southern Africa's Zambezi River are meeting this week to determine how they can each benefit from the critical natural resource.
The conference, which takes place in the Namibian capital of Windhoek from Nov. 22 to 23, will include discussions on a strategy for developing and managing the potentially immense resource of the Zambezi River.
The Zambezi River Basin is the fourth-largest river basin in Africa. Spread over eight countries, it is home to almost 40 million of the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) estimated population of 200 million ...