Of the eight Millennium Development Goals, the least progress has been made on ensuring adequate access to sanitation for the 15 percent of the world's population still defecating ... Read more »
A research team at a South African university is hoping to design a blueprint that will relegate pit latrines and flush toilets to the annals of history. Read more »
Almost a decade after the end of a 14-year long civil war that destroyed Liberia's existing water systems, infrastructure remains underdeveloped. Only 17 percent of Liberia's 3.9 ... Read more »
An estimated 297 million women and girls living in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to safe and adequate sanitation, and of those, 107 million have no access to a toilet at all, ... Read more »
The Minister for Water Jumanne Maghembe has assured Tanzanians that government efforts to secure adequate water supplies are progressing well. President Jakaya Kikwete had launched ... Read more »
Stakeholders in the water, food and energy sectors are meeting in Nairobi to discuss how best to cooperate to improve production in the three sectors and boost the economy. Read more »
The city's mayor has apologised for the failure of a janitorial service aimed to improve sanitation in informal settlements after it was revealed that the project was hardly ... Read more »
The nation's two largest cities are experiencing serious water shortages after a major pipe that feeds the western suburbs had burst and flooded the pump house. Read more »
There will be no water for Harare's western parts of the southern suburbs until weekend due to a major pipe burst within the Morton Jaffray Water Treatment Plant. Read more »
Water experts say Zimbabwe is not doing well in terms of providing clean water and sanitation to communities in both urban and rural areas. Read more »
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