Water in Mauritania
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MAURITANIA, 2014/03/31
The Senegalese-Mauritanian ministerial consultation commission on transport ended its proceedings on Tuesday with a series of recommendations inclunding the decision to build a bridge on the Senegal River at the Rosso border.
The region is located 2,100 km south of Nouakchott and 370 km northeast of the Senegalese capital, Dakar.
Mauritania and Senegal are separated by the 700-km long Senegal River.
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BOTSWANA, 2013/04/02
Access to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is a universal human right and central to human wellbeing and development. From presently on 780 million people still receive drinking water from unimproved sources and 2.5 billion people continue to live without access to improved sanitation facilities. IDS' work on water and sanitation has been looking at what additional needs to be done, particularly through a new set of post 2015 development goals, to ensure that this right is enjoyed by amount.
