SOUTHERN AFRICA: PRESSURE TO Manage Water Resources

Water wars are unlikely to be fought in Southern Africa, but as the region anxiously awaits the return of summer rains to accompany the new planting season, the current ongoing food security crisis has put new pressure on nations to manage their shared water resources. "Water usage has to be controlled by treaty between countries, and controlled by water policy within countries, or there won't be equitable distribution,” hydrologist Samuel Kunene of Swaziland's Ministry of Natural Resources told IPS.