Outreach programmes to support farmers searching for water cannot bear fruit without the necessary data. Read more »
Thousands of people in 36 of Uganda's 112 districts are at risk of serious food and water shortages due to drought attributed to the La Niña weather phenomenon. Read more »
At its best it is waterless, odorless, eminently affordable and has a rich fertiliser as byproduct, yet for residents of Malawi's informal settlements, dry sanitation retains a ... Read more »
The Waruku Community Development Project was started to help people access clean water and ablution facilities in one of the country's many slums. Read more »
In a momentous decision, Botswanas Court of Appeal has quashed a ruling that denied the Kalahari San access to water on their ancestral lands. Read more »
A high profile San activist was arrested and held overnight while travelling through the Central Kalahari Game Reserve over the weekend leaving the community's lawyer stranded in ... Read more »
The deadline for the world to meet its millennium development goals is now only four years away, yet in sub-Saharan Africa, there are still 570 million people without adequate ... Read more »
The U.S. ambassador to Botswana strongly condemned the government's forced eviction of the Kalahari San, according to secret U.S. embassy cables. Read more »
A local man armed with rudimentary tools and a passion to ease people's suffering, he has tapped a spring in the mountain above the Naotcha townships to provide water for its ... Read more »
The Water and Energy Summit is bringing into sharp focus the country's water problems and possible solutions are being tabled on how to best deal with the situation. Read more »
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