AllAfrica News: Water and Sanitation

Yenagoa -- thousands of people from Bayelsa communities have been displaced from their homes by flood.

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Four children died and 188 people have been admitted to medical facilities in the Hardap region due to malnutrition.

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The zama zamas who surfaced at Orkney over the weekend are the small fish in this big pond of criminality. The big fish have yet to be landed in the net.

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Residents of Nairobi City will soon enjoy increased supply of clean drinking water as the Northern Collector Tunnel in Murang'a is near completion, President William Ruto has announced.

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Amid water restrictions in Gauteng, the Presidential Climate Commission hosted a workshop in Pretoria with the Department of Water and Sanitation to address South Africa's urgent need for climat...

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Vhembe stadium still unfinished a year after completion was scheduled

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"Sometimes we fight over water"

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Government is expected to launch the next phase of Operation Vulindlela, which is aimed at accelerating the implementation of structural reforms.

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ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's growing focus on irrigation development, backed by legal and structural reforms, is becoming instrumental in promoting commercial agriculture and addressing food insecur...

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Mukono -- "With the powers vested in me, I commission the solar water pump to serve the community of Kapeke Village and its neighbourhoods," declared Minister Aisha Sekindi during a recent event...

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Centenary Bank has entered into partnership with Water.org aimed at developing a water supply and sanitation (WASH) program for a wash loan product for both micro and SME segments to finance acc...

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- Irrigation projects currently under construction will play a critical role in advancing commercial agriculture, according to Irrigation and Lowland Minister Abraham Belay (PhD).

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Crucial wetlands in the Lesotho Highlands are in trouble

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Nairobi -- Stakeholders have been urged to embrace Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) to support the government's efforts in alleviating the country's water scarcity by constructing water reservo...

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LOCAL residents associations have called on the government to officially declare the ongoing water crisis across the country a national disaster.

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In Zimbabwe, control over water is supposed to be decentralised. In other words, the seven regions in the country have the authority to govern their own water resources in the way that best suit...

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-- Says he's not a financier of Speaker Koffa's Removal efforts

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A quality of life survey shows that water is a rising risk to wellbeing in the province.

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The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation is concerned that municipalities' inability to perform their water conservation and advocacy roles, along with their inability to pay for bulk ser...

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Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has urged her African counterparts to take immediate action on water conservation, warning that delaying critical measures will be detrimental to the...

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The Democratic Alliance has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, requesting an urgent debate of national importance on the water crisis across the country.

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Residents in Lugada walk far distances to collect water from a wellpoint

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Dam construction projects being implemented by the Government countrywide will anchor the rural industrialisation policy in line with Vision 2030, Zimbabwe National Water Authority director of e...

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South Africa has failed in its obligations as a signatory of the Unesco Convention to protect its World Heritage Sites.

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With some 23,000 pre-registered delegates representing almost every country on Earth, today's ceremonial opening of the 16th Conference of the Parties under the Convention on Biological Diversit...

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The Department of Water and Sanitation and the Vaalharts Water User Association (WUA) have warned communities living near water canals against swimming or conducting any recreational activities ...

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The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have released a new global report today - the International ...

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