RIVER BASIN · NGER

Niger

Africa · shared by 11 countries

2,132,247km² of basin
11riparian countries
18treaties on record
87Mpeople in basin

The basin

Niger basin (blue) over its riparian countries · real geometry, TFDD & Natural Earth

Shared by

BeninBurkina FasoCameroonChadCôte d'IvoireGuineaMaliMauritaniaNigerNigeriaAlgeria

18 treaties in the record

1885General act of the conference of Berlin … Respecting: 1) freedom of trade in the basin of the Congo; 2) the slave trade; 3) neutrality of the territories in the
Navigation, Territorial and Border Issues
1906Agreement between France and Great Britain relative to the frontier between French and British possessions from the Gulf of Guinea to the Niger ◆ GW
Territorial and Border Issues
1963Act regarding navigation and economic co-operation between the states of the Niger Basin
Navigation, Agriculture
1964Agreement concerning the Niger River Commission and the navigation and transport on the River Niger.
Navigation
1964Agreement concerning the Niger River Commission and the navigation and transport on the river Niger. Done at Niamey, on 25 November 1964
Navigation
1968Agreement concerning the Niger River Commission and the Navigation and Transport on the River Niger. Done at Niamey, on 25 November 1964 [Rectification]. Niamey
1969Agreement concerning the Niger River Commission and the navigation and transport on the River Niger. Done at Niamey, on 25 November 1964." Amendment to article
Navigation
1973Agreement concerning the Niger River Commission and the Navigation and Transport on the River Niger Revised on 2nd February, 1968 and 15th June, 1973
Navigation, Infrastructure
1973Agreement governing the operations of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in the Volta River Basin area
Environment, Socioeconomic Development
1980Convention creating the Niger Basin Authority ◆ GW
Fisheries, Hydropower, Agriculture, Forestry and Timber, Water Quantity
1987Revised financial ruling of the authority of the Niger river basin, signed at Ndjamena, on October 27, 1987
Funding and Financing
1987Revised convention about the creation of the Niger River basin authority, signed at N'djamena, on October 29, 1987
Fisheries, Agriculture, Environment, Funding and Financing
1988Protocol of Agreement between the Republic of Niger and the Republic of Mali about cooperation for the utilisation of resources from the Niger River
Socioeconomic Development, Environment
1990Agreement between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of Niger concerning the equitable sharing in the development, conservation and use of their c ◆ GW
Infrastructure
1999Decree number 99-120/PCRN/MAE/IA from May 14, 1999, about an Accord between the Republic of Niger and the Republic of Benin concerning the hydroelectric organiz
Infrastructure, Hydropower, Funding and Financing
2004Agreement protocol about the Taoussa dam in Mali and the Kandadji in Niger on the Niger River
Environment, Funding and Financing
2007Protocol of agreement between Guinea and Mali for the organization of phase 2 of the management of the water resources of the Niger River
Funding and Financing
2015Cooperation framework agreement to promote political dialogue in the transboundary basin of Mekrou ◆ GW
Water Quality, Infrastructure, Environment, Climate Change

Source: TFDD International Freshwater Treaties Database · open in the explorer →