Africa: Water Shortage Africa's Biggest Challenge, Says Mwai Kibaki

Former President Mwai Kibaki has said water scarcity is "perhaps the biggest challenge facing our continent today", in his first major assignment as the water envoy in Africa.

For a continent that is wealthy in natural resources, he said, Africa's annual per capita water availability is well below that of other continents.

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