September 09
Zimbabwe: El Niño-Induced Water Crisis Drubbing Villagers in Zimbabwe
IPS
Side-by-side with fellow male villagers, Enia Tambo uses a white 25-liter plastic bucket to dig out mounds of sand in the Vhombozi River, in Mudzi district located in Zimbabwe's… Read more »
Nigeria: Wike Signs Power, Water Pacts With Chinese Companies
Daily Trust
The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, on Saturday in China, signed two MOUs with the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and the China Geo-Engineering Corporation… Read more »
Uganda: Health Workers Warn of Dangers of Poor Hospital Waste Management
Nile Post
Ugandan health workers are raising alarm over the dangers posed by inadequate hospital waste management, which threatens public health and the environment. Read more »
South Africa: Only Nine of 55 Villages Get Water From Controversial Multi-Billion Rand Project
GroundUp
Deputy President Paul Mashatile promises that by November a dozen more villages would get tap water via the Giyani Water Project Read more »
South Africa: Villagers Use Contaminated River Water While R100-Million Sewage Project Delayed
GroundUp
Tsomo waste water treatment works were meant to be completed two years ago Read more »
Uganda: Kasese District Launches Major Drainage Overhaul
Nile Post
Kasese District is set to undertake a significant overhaul of its municipality's drainage system to mitigate recurring flooding disasters. Read more »
September 08
Nigeria: Flood Deaths in North East
Leadership
The recent floods in Nigeria, especially in the North East, have unveiled a harrowing chapter in the region's ongoing struggle with environmental and humanitarian crises. With… Read more »
September 05
South Africa: Women in Limpopo Village Had to Dig Their Own Water Well
GroundUp
Vhembe District Municipality says repairs to faulty boreholes across Elim will be done by end September Read more »
September 04
Malawi: Anger As Govt Silently Approves Water Tariffs By 10 Percent - Low Income Earners Not Spared
Nyasa Times
Government has silently approved a 10 percent upward adjustment of water tariff, a development that has irked low-income earners who say they were already struggling to buy water… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Water Woes - Govt Bails Out Harare City Council
The Herald
Harare City Council is, for the umpteenth time, being bailed out by emergency support from the Government to increase its water supply capacity, amid current water woes bedevilling… Read more »
South Africa: Rhodes University Plans Water Independence From Municipality
GroundUp
"Our students and staff can no longer depend on a dying municipality" says vice-chancellor Read more »
September 03
Liberia: Three in Every Five Rural Liberians Have No Access to Toilets
FrontPageAfrica
Delvhain Duo digs the wet sandy ground in front of her three room house, for her 9-year-old son, Rahinha to toilet. No one knows better than Madam Duo, the risks of burying feces… Read more »
Liberia: Poor Waste Management Threatens Public Health and Livelihoods
FrontPageAfrica
In the heart of the Police Academy in Paynesville, the growing menace of plastic pollution and inadequate waste management are posing severe threats to public health. Read more »
Ghana: Cape Coast, Elimina Residents React to Water Shortage Situation in Communities
Ghanaian Times
Residents in Cape Coast and Elmina in the Central Region have complained about the water situation in their various localities, stating that the situation was alarming. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Health Time Bomb As Harare Runs Dry
The Herald
Perennial water shortages bedevilling Harare are worsening with each passing day without a solution in sight while councillors are deeply embroiled in corruption. Read more »
September 02
Ghana: Fight Against Galamsey Must Be Won!!
Ghanaian Times
Today, the Ghana Water Limited (GWL) reports that illegal mining activities (galamsey) along the Pra River in the Central Region is making it almost impossible for it to extract… Read more »
September 01
Uganda: If Kampala Garbage Crisis Were Protesters, Govt Action Would Be Immediate - NUP's Rubongoya
Nile Post
The National Unity Platform (NUP) Secretary General, David Lewis Rubongoya, has criticized government for its inaction regarding the growing garbage crisis in Kampala. Read more »
Africa: Aluminium Foil That Can Clean Water - We've Developed a Coating Which Attracts and Traps Dangerous Microbes [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
More than 2 billion people around the world do not have access to safe, uncontaminated drinking water. Around 418 million of them live in African countries. Read more »
August 30
South Africa: Riverlands Report Shows Failure in Meeting Dam Safety Standards
SAnews.gov.za
A preliminary report into the Riverlands dam failure has revealed that all dams located in Riverlands farm in the Swartland Local Municipality did not meet the dam safety standards… Read more »
Uganda: Sorting Garbage Now Mandatory As KCCA Introduces New Solid Waste Management Approach
Nile Post
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has unveiled a new approach to managing solid waste in the city, following a tragic incident at the Kiteezi Landfill that resulted in the… Read more »
August 29
Ghana: Provision of Portable Drinking Water Far From Over, Despite Investment - - President Akufo-Addo
GhanaToday
Despite the huge investment it made into the provision of potable water, Ghana is far from supplying reliable sources of clean drinking water for all across the country, President… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Water Woos for Chitungwiza and Surrounding Areas As Harava, Seke Dams Dry Up
New Zimbabwe
THE City of Harare says it has temporarily de-commissioned the Prince Edward Water treated plant near Chitungwiza after Harava and Seke dams that feed into its waterworks dried up. Read more »
South Africa: At 104 Years Old, War Veteran William Sadiki's One Wish Is to Have a Toilet Inside His House
GroundUp
"War is not good, and it is painful. If I were asked to go to war again, I would not agree." Read more »
August 27
Ethiopia: Can Egypt-Led Alliance Stand in Ethiopia's Way of Securing Access to the Sea? [opinion]
Addis Standard
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Ghana: Akosombo Dam Spillage - Gh¢200m Released for Resettlement Project
Ghanaian Times
The government has made available GH¢200 million for the resettlement of households in the Tongu areas of the Volta Region affected by the spillage of the Akosombo Dam. Read more »