This newsletter provides summaries of two workshops focused on water resource management and long-term natural resource management in Africa. Over 30 African countries were represented at the water resource workshop in Nigeria, and 44 experts from 28 African and 7 European countries attended the natural resource workshop in Egypt. Both workshops aimed to discuss draft chapters for the GMES and Africa Action Plan. Working groups at each workshop provided recommendations around monitoring, data sharing, and building African capacity. A consolidation workshop is planned for October in South Africa to finalize operational recommendations for the action plan.