June 17
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Kikuyu Villagers Attack Water Company Staff
The Star
Employees of Kikuyu Water Sewerage Company were heckled by an angry crowd at Kiambaa village. Read more »
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World Day to Combat Desertification
The Star
We need to create awareness about the risks of drought and water scarcity. Kenya joins the rest of the world in marking World Day to Combat Desertification today with calls for... Read more »
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'Nasarawa Celebrates One Year of Uninterrupted Water Supply'
Daily Trust
Water supply in all of the major urban areas of Nasarawa State has stabilized and remained so for over a year now, except Keffi where erratic power supply has dwindled in the past... Read more »
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Monrovia Turns City of Garbage
New Republic
Huge pile of garbage at the Redlight Commercial District and Another huge pile of garbage along the Somalia Drive in Gardnersville (close to Chicken Soup Factory Junction) Read more »
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Residents Protest Yatta Water Rationing
The Star
Hundreds of Yatta residents yesterday took to the streets to demonstrate against the Tanathi Water Services Board over poor management of the Yatta canal. Read more »
June 16
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Sudan Envoy in Cairo Calls for Cooperation Over Dam Crisis
Aswat Masriya
Sudanese Ambassador to Cairo Kamal Hassan Aly said on Saturday that the spirit of cooperation between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia may lead to an end to the crisis over a dam that... Read more »
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Malawi News Agency
Lilongwe Water Board is alarmed by increasing levels of water pollution in the district's rivers every year, a situation which has justified the installation of a compulsory raw... Read more »
June 15
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War of Words Between Egypt and Ethiopia Over Dam Project
Deutsche Welle
The row between Egypt and Ethiopia over water from the River Nile goes back many years. Now it is escalating as Ethiopia forges ahead with the construction of a huge dam. But there... Read more »
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When Water Becomes Luxury [column]
The Herald
Could you have imagined years ago that one could actually live in town and not have running water? Would it have seemed possible that a big suburban house could function without... Read more »
June 14
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Museveni - Africa Won't Let Egyptians Bully Ethiopia
ERTA
President Yoweri Museveni has sternly warned the Egyptian "government and other groups" against making "chauvinist and irrational statements" in the wake of Ethiopia's decision to... Read more »
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Govt Urges Egypt, Ethiopia to Cooperate On Nile
ERTA
The construction of Ethiopia's dam on the Blue Nile River will benefit current and future generations of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, Pagan Amum, Chief Negotiator of South Sudan,... Read more »
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Parliament Ratifies the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement
Ethiopia Government
The House of People's Representative unanimously ratified the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) today (June 13th ) in an ordinary session. Read more »
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Heritage
The issue of huge pile of garbage in and around Monrovia continues to be a serious problem that calls for urgent attention. Read more »
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U.S Seven Million to Solve Sewerage Problems in Tema
Ghanaian Chronicle
The Interim Guinea Current Commission, an umbrella body under UNIDO, which deals in large eco-systems, has pledged to provide US$ 7 million as funding for the rehabilitation of the... Read more »
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Lawmakers Cry for Mary Broh - Monrovia Sinks in Filth
New Dawn
Monrovia and its environs are being engulfed with heap of garbage since the resignation of the hardworking, but controversial acting City Mayor Madam Mary Broh about three months... Read more »
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VAT On Water to Raise Sh8 Billion
New Vision
The move is to improve tax administration and generate revenues, finance minister, Maria Kiwanuka said Thursday. Read more »
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Clean Water Remains a Huge Problem
Daily News
When the Minister for Water, Prof. Jumanne Maghembe presented his ministry's annual budget proposals for 2013/14 in the National Assembly last month, he must have been shocked by... Read more »
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Siaya Town Hit By Acute Water Shortage
The Star
Vandalism of water pipes and a population increase is forcing us to resort to rationing. Sibo MD Julius Nyadiango says its because of that that Siaya residents are facing an acute... Read more »
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Ground Water Development Project Sinks 120 Boreholes in Mwanza and Neno
Malawi News Agency
Mwanza, June 13a: The Mwanza and Neno Ground Water Development Project has sunk 120 boreholes in the two catchment districts, a development which would see over 25,000 households... Read more »
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Govt Endorses Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement
ERTA
The House of People's Representatives on Thursday unanimously endorsed the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement. The endorsement of the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA)... Read more »
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0.4 Percent of SA's Bucket Toilets in the Western Cape [press release]
DA
According to a reply to a Parliamentary question, of the 88 127 post-1994 bucket toilets identified by national government across the country, only 373 or 0.4% are in the Western... Read more »
June 13
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Country Braces for Cholera Season
IRIN
As the fleeting storms of May give way to the persistent downpours of June, the National Cholera Taskforce in Freetown, Sierra Leone, is working to prevent a repeat of last year's... Read more »
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Matt Damon Seeks Safe Water, Sanitation for All [document]
State Department
Through his nonprofit organization, actor Matt Damon hopes to bring the dignity of a toilet to all. Read more »
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The politics of Poop and Why It Should Be Part of Public Protest [opinion]
SACSIS
Poststructuralist psychoanalyst, Jacques Lacan, has argued that humans distinguish themselves from animals in the instant during which shit becomes something shameful. Thus it is... Read more »
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Multi Million Rand Sewer Tender Must Be Investigated [press release]
IFP
The IFP calls on the Public Protector to urgently investigate the multi million Rand tender awarded to PMPZ Construction by the uMhlathuze Municipality for work on a new sewer... Read more »
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