Four men have yet agin hurled human waste at a government building in South Africa's Western Cape province. Cape Town has been hit by a number of human waste dumping incidents in ... Read more »

Scientists have created a solar-powered sterilisation device that could improve the quality of healthcare in under-resourced rural health facilities. Read more »

A new study finds that so much water may be lost in the Volta River Basin due to climate change that planned hydroelectric projects to boost energy and food production may only ... Read more »

AllAfrica partner publisher Africa in Fact looks at a continent faced with critical water shortages, overfishing, desertification, looming disputes over the sharing of rivers and a ... Read more »

Foreign ministers from both countries held high-level talks to discuss new strategies for the Renaissance Dam project. Read more »

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn reiterated the government's intention to proceed with construction of the Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile despite vocal opposition ... Read more »

Despite President Morsi's veiled threats directed at Ethiopia over its Nile River plans, Egypt can ill afford the financial and strained relations that a conflict will bring, ... Read more »

Egyptian politicians have been caught - on live television broadcast without their knowledge - proposing ways to sabotage an Ethiopian dam project. Read more »

A decision to divert the course of the Blue Nile as part of a hydroelectric dam construction project has raised concerns in Egypt, prompting president Mursi to discuss the "crisis" ... Read more »

Despite some residents of Cape Town's informal settlements preferring to use bucket toilets, city officials plat to roll-out as many portable flush toilets as possible. Read more »