Cote d’Ivoire Becomes 10th African Nation to Join UN Water Convention

Geneva — Côte d’Ivoire has joined the United Nations Water Convention – a treaty to improve joint water management across borders, the UN Economic Commission for Europe said Tuesday.

The move comes as the West African nation faces rising water stress and climate change impacts on the resources it shares with its neighbours.

The 53rd Party to the Convention, Côte d’Ivoire is the 10th African country to join the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and…