Soil salinity is a major environmental stressor, affecting approximately 20% of arable land and nearly half of irrigated land globally (Fahad et al., 2019; Dramalis et al., 2021). It negatively impacts rice growth, yield, and nutrient content, leading to ion imbalances that degrade rice quality (Rao et al., 2013). To identify salinity-tolerant rice accessions, the Rice Biodiversity Center for Africa (RBCA) screened 530 Oryza sativa and 300 Oryza glaberrima accessions in laboratory condition. The first stage involved germinating 100 seeds per accession in a NaCl solution at 6 dSm⁻¹ after breaking dormancy. From this, 144 high-germination accessions (99%) were selected, including 22 O. glaberrima and 122 O. sativa. In the second stage, these accessions were evaluated with NaCl concentrations of 0, 6, 8, 10, and 12 dSm⁻¹, leading to the identification of 10 O. sativa and 4 O. glaberrima accessions as salinity-tolerant at the seedling stage.