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Globally, millions of people don't have access to water in their home. They collect water from shared water supply points or surface water sources and physically carry water ... Read more »
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Extremist attacks, primarily in northern Nigeria, have killed tens of thousands of people since 2011, and displaced more than 2,5 million in the eight-nation Lake Chad Basin - ... Read more »
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Residents of three slums in Nairobi county's Embakasi South and Starehe, have suffered severe water shortages for the past three weeks. The areas are Mukuru-Kwa Njenga in Embakasi ... Read more »
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November 19th is when the UN celebrates the invention of the toilet. Those who are fortunate enough to have access to one, spend more than a year of their lives on it, yet millions ... Read more »
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A Nairobi not-for-profit organization has expanded from providing education in the Kenyan capital's largest slum to a range of services in two sprawling settlements that create ... Read more »
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Cape Town faces an 80% higher chance of another 'Day Zero' drought by the end of the century if greenhouse gas emissions keep rising at current rates, as the South African city ... Read more »
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South Africa is among the 30th most water-stressed countries in the world. Since the beginning of the 2010s, the country has been trapped in a series of multi-year droughts, ... Read more »
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Typhoid fever and diarrhoea cases have fallen significantly in the capital city Kampala and the district of Kawempe, according to an African Development Bank report. Kawempe has ... Read more »
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Recently, news reports revealed plans by a Canadian oil and gas company, ReconAfrica, to explore for oil and gas in some of Africa's most sensitive protected areas. These areas ... Read more »
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Illegal gold panning in areas surrounding Bulawayo's supply dams has contributed to perennial water challenges, the city's authorities have said. The local authority had decreed a ... Read more »
