Global Journal of Human-Social Science, B: Geography, Environmental Science and Disaster Management, Volume 23 Issue 6

© 2023. Sónia Cristina Cardoso dos Santos Silva. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are a t https://creativec ommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. The Cunene River a Cross-Border Resource: Reflections on its use in South Angola (Angola-Namibia) and the Role of SADC By Sónia Cristina Cardoso dos Santos Silva TheCuneneRiveraCrossBorderResourceReflectionsonitsuseinSouthAngolaAngolaNamibiaandtheRoleofSADC Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: B Geography, Geo-Sciences, Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume 23 Issue 6 Version 1.0 Year 2023 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X Abstract- With this study, we intend to demonstrate that the management of water resources in the south of Angola, between the Republics of Angola and Namibia, is carried out mainly at the state level. The 1888 agreement between the Portuguese and Germans, which formed the basis for the agreement to delimit the southern border of Angola between the Portuguese and South Africans (22 June 1926), was related to the need to manage water resources . The use of the waters of the Cunene river, a cross-border river with a length of more than a thousand kilometers, of which around 70% is in Angolan territory and the rest on the border line with the Republic of Namibia, its diversion to the Etocha lagoon, was the condition unique way to alleviate aridity in Damaralândia, a sine quo non condition for the implementation of this delimitation. These agreements remain in force to this day, and were complemented by post- independence initiatives, with a view to making better use of the Calueque and Ruacaná dams, on the Cunene river, aiming to improve the lives of the populations of both countries, both in terms of water supply as electrical energy. Keywords: Cunene River; Border Management; SADC, Angola; Namibia. GJHSS-B Classification: FOR Code: 1604 Katyavala University Bwila Angola (Universidade Katyavala Bwila, Angola)