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Sanitation coverage of Ethiopia has made progressive achievement reaching 54.8% in the current year from11.5% in 2003, the Federal Ministry of Health (MoH) disclosed.
73% of the population of the country do not have modern toilet facilities, the National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) by the Nigeria Population Commission (NPopC), has shown. The survey shows that only 27% of Nigerians have an improved toilet facilities as people who do not have either defecate outside or have toilet facilities that do not meet the laid down requirements.
IN ORDER to manage a looming water crisis, SA must use water more efficiently and rely on additional supply sources, according to a report released yesterday by the World Bank and McKinsey & Co .
IN INDIA, farmers pump water from as far as 500m underground to irrigate their crops. It's a reflection of the parlous state of India's water infrastructure, which has been allowed to run down over the past few decades. Pumping the water up from the aquifer is highly energy intensive, using something like a third of the electricity India generates.
Nineteen-year-old Beauty Phillips clutches her emaciated baby tightly to her chest. At seven months, Inga suffers from malnutrition.
When Obed Mumba first came to the Zambian copper mining town of Ndola in search of work, it was still known reverently as "Ku kalale" - the land of the white man. In the decades since, he has witnessed his Kabushi township outgrow the limited dreams of its planners.
Imagine life without a toilet. Imagine the mess. Imagine the disease. This is why Hon Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), has called on Ghanains to treat the discussion of toilets as "serious business."
A Water Indaba in the Western Cape is to help develop an action plan to fast track water service delivery in the province, among others.
Since time immemorial, the people in the Adenta Municipality have never enjoyed a constant supply of water, despite the fact that the area houses thousands of workers who contribute to the development and growth of the country.
Local government chairmen in Oyo state have assured people at the grassroots level of having access to potable water.
Janet's (not real name) disdain for the sachet water, popularly known as 'pure water', possibly began right from her undergraduate days at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.
There is a very useful principle in economics called the diamond-water paradox.
It is unacceptable that most rural communities still do not have access to clean water, says President Jacob Zuma.
CHOLERA has broken out in Kasese district with two cases reported in Hamukungu fishing village in Lake Katwe sub-county on Tuesday.
THE African Manzi Centre (AFMAC) and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) have embarked on a project aimed at promoting the provision of safe and clean drinking water in schools.
Yesterday, November 19, was celebrated globally as the World Toilet Day, a day set aside for the creation of platforms to raise awareness about the need to appreciate the problems of inadequate sanitation facilities including household toilets.
A group of academicians from Makerere University and University of Bergen, Norway have added their voice, based on scientific evidence, to the already known fact that tap water in Kampala is unsafe for drinking and predisposes the population to the risk of cancer and other water borne diseases.
The Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa (IFAPA) president, Reverend Doctor Ishmael Noko has told delegates at the ongoing IFAPA third summit that some people on the African continent do not have access to water.
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has lashed out at hospital managers for failing to keep their hospitals clean.
The Mpumalanga Department of Water Affairs is to launch a water compliance, monitoring and enforcement campaign in Malalane to help deal with the province's water crimes.
Residents of the Redco flats at Madina, a suburb of Accra, are complaining bitterly about the deplorable state of the flats, and the health hazards it poses.
THE European Union is funding a sh6.5b sewage pipeline project aimed at improving sanitation in the Mengo-Kisenyi area in Kampala, writes Norman Katende.
ALL districts, municipalities and town councils will soon have their own road construction equipment, President Yoweri Museveni has disclosed.
Water and sanitation services in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, are getting worse as a growing urban population tries to squeeze more out of already skeletal services. On 19 November, World Toilet Day, NGOs are calling on the government to up its allocation, and on international donors to reprioritize funding to stamp out cholera and cut child mortality.
Africa's freshwater resources are under serious threat from climate change and urgent adaptation measures are needed, says a study.
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