What is Niger Basin Authority?
[[File:Niger river map.PNG|thumb|300px|Map of Niger River with Niger River basin in green.]] The '''Niger Basin Authority''' is an [[intergovernmental organisation]] in [[West Africa]]. They manage and develop the resources of the [[Drainage basin|basin]] of the [[Niger River]]. The group is called by both French and English acronyms, '''NBA''' or '''ABN'''.<ref name=eclac2009>[http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/05/08/news0716.htm Int'l Boundary, Water Commission at 120] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614063257/http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/05/08/news0716.htm |date=2011-06-14 }}. Newsletter of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago, Chile, No 47 June 2009.</ref> The organisation was founded in 1964 as the '''River Niger Commission'''. On 21 November 1980, it was refounded as the '''Niger Basin Authority'''.<ref>[http://www.afriquenligne.fr/news/africa-news/guinean-minister-seeks-acceleration-of-niger-basin-authority-programme-2008110715414.html Guinean Minister seeks acceleration of Niger Basin Authority programme]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, PanAfrican Press, 06/11/2008.</ref> [[File:Niger Basin Authority.svg|thumb|left|Member states of the Niger Basin Authority]] Nine nations are members: [[Benin]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Cameroon]], [[Chad]], [[Côte d'Ivoire]], [[Guinea]], [[Mali]], [[Niger]] and [[Nigeria]]. While a small area of [[Algeria]] is in the Niger Basin, it is not a member of the NBA.<ref>[http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/mckinney/ce397/Topics/Niger/Niger.htm CE 397 Transboundary Water Resources, Niger Basin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521100528/http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/mckinney/ce397/Topics/Niger/Niger.htm |date=2011-05-21 }}. McKinney, Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Texas at Austin.</ref> The organisation is based in [[Niamey]]. They work in both [[French language|French]] and [[English language|English]]. ==Referenc