2 October 2002
2002 CODATA Conference
Senegal River Management
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nLate 1960s, Organisation des Etats Riverians du Fleuve Sénégal:  Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal n1972, creation of the Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Sénégal (OMVS):  Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal
In the late 1960s to early 1970s, the four countries that border the Senegal River—Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal—belonged to the Organisation des Etats Riverians du Fleuve Sénégal (or the Senegal River Riperian States Organization), which focused on managing the river basin.  This organization dissolved when Guinea withdrew due to political tensions. The three remaining countries subsequently created the OMVS in 1972.