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  • Mauritania and Senegal are separated by the 700-km long Senegal River

    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.

  • The European Union releases 1.24 billion CFAF for potable water project in Togo town

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2014/03/25 The European Union releases 1.24 billion CFAF for potable water project in Togo town - The inhabitants of Anié, about 200 km north of the Togolese capital, Lomé, on Friday inaugurated work on a 1.24 billion CFAF project financed by the European Union (EU) to supply the town with potable water. The project includes a 600 cubic-metre tank, a water tower, a treatment station and a distribution network of 18.75 km. A sanitation component includes toilets for the public and schools.

  • Water Resources and Use In Gambia

    GAMBIA, 2014/03/15 Water Resources and Use The River Gambia originates in Fouta Djallon in the mountain region of Western Guinea and flows through Senegal before entering the Gambia. Within the country, the River Gambia flows from east to west for about 400 km. It is a major waterway and tourist attraction. Its floodplains, riverbanks, and wetlands are important habitats for wildlife and play an important role in local livelihood strategies. Its flow is highly seasonal.

  • Ministry of Energy and Water (Minea) construction of two new abstraction,

    ANGOLA, 2014/03/03 Ministry of Energy and Water (Minea) has announced the construction of two new abstraction, treatment and distribution system of water in Luanda to reduce shortage of the product in the country?s capital, Angop has learnt. This was announced Thursday in Luanda by the incumbent minister, João Baptista Borges at the opening of the " 9th Conference to Assess the Water for All Programme. The minister said that the initiative aims at improving the living standard of Luanda residents.

  • Impact of Water Scarcity On Food Security a Priority for Near East and North Africa Meeting

    NORTH AFRICA, 2014/02/23 Water scarcity is one of the majority urgent food security issues facing nations of the Near East and North Africa (NENA), with fresh water availability in the region expected to drop by 50 % by the year 2050, said FAO, as ministers of agriculture and national officials prepared to tackle the issue at a conference of the organization's highest regional governing body. Participants in the 32nd FAO Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC-32), to be held from 24 to 28 February, are set to discuss a new Regional Water Scarcity Initiative, launched by FAO to support member nations in identifying strategies, policies and practices that promote sustainable solutions to water scarcity and related food security problems.

  • Deputy Water Resources Minister in Ethiopia for AEEP Meeting

    ETHIOPIA, 2014/02/23 Sierra Leone was represented at the just concluded Second High Level Conference of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) in Addis Ababa by the Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Hon. Alhaji Randolph Foday Bayoh. (Photo: From (L-R) Hon. Alhaji Randolph Foday Bayoh and Mr. Lamin Souma) The confab was jointly hosted by the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the African Union Commission (AUC). The overriding objectives of the conference were to highlight the incomparable nature and success story of the Africa-EU Cooperation on energy and catalyze commitment and action towards conference the next energy challenges facing the two continents.

  • SOUTH Africa faces a stand-off between industry and agriculture over water

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  • Russia to help Northern Africa to resolve water resources issue

    RUSSIA, 2014/02/23 The issue of water resources deficit is becoming additional acute in a lot of regions of the world. Northern Africa is currently one of the «hot spots». Sergey Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister, while conference in Moscow heads of the foreign and defense ministries of Egypt particularly stressed the need for reaching mutually acceptable agreements in resolving that problem. The Arab world is in a very difficult situation as far as the sufficiency of water resources goes. While 5% of the planet's people lives on the territory of the Middle East and Northern Africa, only 0.9% of the world water resources are located there. A lot of nations practically draw their livelihood from one source. Specifically, the basin of the Nile River is divided between a dozen nations.

  • North West Premier Thandi Modise

    SOUTH AFRICA, 2014/02/23 North West Premier Thandi Modise says her province is hard at work to ensure that additional homes get access to clean running water, and plans are well underway to eradicate the sanitation backlog. Delivering her National of the Province Address on Friday, Minister Modise said the provision of services to improve the lives of the people, was at the top of her provincial government's schedule. "We have made evolution. As part of the commitment made to the people of the North West, the Premier's Legacy Projects seek to meet the municipalities halfway in the delivery of basic services," the premier said.

  • World Bank's biggest ever hydropower project in DR Congo

    CONGO KINSHASA, 2014/02/23 In a strange twist, the World Bank's biggest ever hydropower project is presently set to serve the interests of mining corporations rather than the people of DR Congo International Rivers has learned that the World Bank has abruptly decided to develop the Inga 3 Dam in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a private investment through the International Finance Corporation, rather than as a public sector project.
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