Kenya: Nile Basin Development Forum Opens in Kenya

6 October 2014

Nairobi — The 4th bi-annual Nile Basin Development Forum (NBDF) opened in Nairobi, Kenya with calls for trust and confidence among Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) member states.

The Nile Basin, which covers an area of 3.2 million square kilometers across 11 Basin States, reportedly faces growing pressures including persistent poverty among its population, climate change resulting into flood, prolonged droughts, low access to electricity, lack of food security and rising populations with increased demand on water.

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