June 13

• Port Sudan Water Shortage - Red Sea Councillor Warns of 'Real Disaster'

  Radio Dabanga

  A member of the Legislative Council of Red Sea state, Hamid Idris Suleiman, has warned of "a real disaster in the coming days" as the water crisis in and around Port Sudan... Read more »

• Displaced Face Long Treks for Scarce Drinking Water in South Darfur

  Radio Dabanga

  Displaced people from camps in Marshang locality in South Darfur must travel several kilometres each in order to fetch drinking water. Read more »

• Omusati Traditional Leaders Want Water

  Namibian

  TRADITIONAL leaders from Uukwaluudhi, Ongandjera, Ombalantu, Okalongo, Uukwambi, areas in the north central region have accused the government, especially the Ministry of... Read more »

• Sacco to Build Pit Latrines

  The Star

  BONDO Community Water and Sanitation has formed a sacco that aims at increasing the number of latrines in the town. Read more »

• Windhoek Water Supply to Again Be Shut Down

  New Era

  Windhoek residents are once again requested to refrain from using excessive water on their gardens, washing cars and hosing paved areas as water supply to the City of Windhoek from... Read more »

• Ethiopia to Proceed With Dam Project As Egypt Fumes

  Daily Trust

  Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn yesterday reiterated his government's stance on the construction of the Renaissance Dam on the River Nile which is heightening tension... Read more »

• '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 »

June 12

• Zanzibar's Encroaching Ocean Means Less Water

  IPS

  Khadija Komboani's nearest well is filled with salt water thanks to the rising sea around Tanzania's Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar. Read more »

• DA to Report Sanitation Issues in Meadowlands, Soweto, to HRC [press release]

  DA

  Today I visited the hostels and surrounding areas of zone 11 in Meadowlands, Soweto, to expose the terrible sanitation issues in this community. Read more »

• Hailemariam - Egypt Goes to War Over Nile Only If Leaders Go Mad

  ERTA

  The construction of the Renaissance Dam is a major undertaking of Ethiopia to lead the country the way out of poverty and no one has the power to halt the construction project,... Read more »

• Portable Flush Toilets - What Are They and Why the Fuss?

  GroundUp

  The public spats over portable toilets have been at the forefront of the news. But what exactly are portable toilets? How do they work? What is good and what is bad about them? Read more »

• Truly, Monrovians Desire Mary Broh Again [column]

  New Dawn

  A once tidy-looking Monrovia and its environs which appeared very attractive because of the appreciable hygienic atmosphere, are again sinking into filths. At street corners,... Read more »

• Stench Engulfs Phebe's Emergency Room, Patients Stay Living Nightmare

  FrontPageAfrica

  Unbearable stench has engulfed the emergency room of Phebe Hospital in Suakoko, Bong County, forcing relatives of patients to leave earlier than usual. Read more »

• Okavango Basin to Facilitate Development of Water Resources

  ANGOP

  The minister of Energy and Water, João Baptista Borges, said today, Tuesday, that the Okavango Basin Hydropower is a management tool that will address how to find the right... Read more »

• Stench Engulfs Phebe's Emergency Room, Patients Stay Living Nightmare

  FrontPageAfrica

  Unbearable stench has engulfed the emergency room of Phebe Hospital in Suakoko, Bong County, forcing relatives of patients to leave earlier than usual. Read more »

• Nurses Home Flooded Due to Broken Tank

  Namibian

  RESIDENTS of the Katutura Hospital nurses' homes are furious over hazardous drain water that has been flooding their rooms over the past one-and-a-half months. Read more »

• Uganda Learns From Zambia's Water Sector

  Times of Zambia

  GOVERNMENT is determined to improve service delivery through the commercialisation of water supply and sanitation services. Read more »

• Bindura Acquires U.S $1,25 Million Sewer Refurbishment Equipment

  The Herald

  BINDURA Town municipality has acquired road and sewer refurbishment equipment worth more than US$1,25 million, town clerk Mr Shangwa Mavesera has said. Read more »

June 11

• There Will Be No Water War in the Nile Basin [analysis]

  African Arguments

  The comedy started last Monday when the Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi invited leading politicians to discuss the report of a tri-partite Egypt-Ethiopia-Sudan commission. Read more »

• Money Gram Connects Community to Portable Water

  Ghanaian Chronicle

  MoneyGram International, a US-based global money transfer company which works through local commercial and rural banks in Ghana has cut a sod for construction of a mechanised... Read more »

• Faeces At United Nations Office - DIRCO Must Apologise [press release]

  DA

  The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) must formally apologise to the United Nations after members of the ANC Youth League yesterday flung human faeces... Read more »

June 10

• Parliament Must Act to Stop Environmental Pollution - Speaker

  Ghanaian Chronicle

  The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Edward Doe Adjaho, has tasked the Legislature to play a leading role in bringing to an end activities that have serious repercussions on the... Read more »

• Foreign Affairs Minister to Visit Ethiopia

  Aswat Masriya

  Arrangements are underway for the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Kamel Amr, to visit Ethiopia in the upcoming days, in order to discuss the most recent developments... Read more »

• Akateng Residents Prefer Open Defecation to KVIP

  Ghanaian Chronicle

  The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Upper Manya Krobo Assembly in the Eastern Region, Joseph Tetteh Angmor, has expressed grave concern over the position of residents of... Read more »

• BAC Embarks On Cleansing Exercise

  The Point

  As part of their mandates in ensuring that people live in decent environment, the management of the Brikama Area Council and NDMA during the weekend embarked a massive cleansing... Read more »