Sweden grants P13.5 million for Okavango Basin

MAUN: The management of the Okavango River Basin, Botswana, Namibia and Angola has received a P13.5 million boost from the government of Sweden.

The present was made Wednesday night in Maun, according to officials from the commission.

Sweden has offered to assist the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) towards the starting of a secretariat in Maun. The grant will fund the secretariat for three years, after which contributions will come from the three member states.

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