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  • 1.8 Million Demand Water in Monrovia

    LIBERIA, 2013/02/08 United States Ambassador to Liberia Deborah Malac has alarmed that Children suffer and die from diarrhea, due to poor hygiene practices and unsafe water in Liberia, while women and newborn as well die from infections...  At the climax of a three-day Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) joint review held at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex Thursday, Ambassador Malac observed that each day, women and girls disproportionally spent precious time collecting water for their family.

  • Mozambican government approves loan from Brazil to build dam

    MOZAMBIQUE, 2013/02/08 The Mozambican government has ratified a credit convention signed with Brazil, worth US$8.5 million, to finance studies for construction of the Moamba Major dam, in Maputo province, southern Mozambique, said the spokesman for the Council of Ministers, Alberto Nkutumula.

  • The Gibe III dam could help Ethiopia's development,

    ETHIOPIA, 2013/01/18 The Gibe III dam could help Ethiopia's development, but it may as well be disastrous for the environment and threaten half a million people's livelihoods. There are concerns that additional than half a million people's livelihoods along the Lower Omo Valley in Ethiopia and Kenya could be threatened by the construction of the Gibe III Dam project.

  • Water Crisis

    MAURITIUS, 2013/01/08 Each year in December, water supply in several parts of the country is severely disrupted because, according to the CWA, rainfall is deficient. To address this problem, some people are proposing that desalination plants should be built and additional rivers should be dammed to create new reservoirs. However, I am of the view that with the present number of reservoirs and boreholes under exploitation, water supply in Mauritius is sufficient to meet request additional economically.

  • Water is life, but access remains a problem

    TANZANIA, 2012/12/31 Let's think together: Each week the World Bank team in Tanzania wants to stimulate your thinking by sharing data from recent official surveys in Tanzania and ask you a couple of questions. 

  • Africa Water and Sanitation Local Authorities Network launched at Africities

    AFRICA, 2012/12/09

  • Pipe Dreams - Waiting for Water in Monrovia

    LIBERIA, 2012/12/05 "The hanging latrines" of West Point are not one of Liberia's most celebrated beauty spots. But this modest collection of elevated toilets, erected on the banks of the Mesurado River, has proved popular with residents. A visit costs five Liberian dollars, around eight cents, the price doubling if you as well want to take a bath with specially heated water from a local well.

  • Country Releases EGP2 Billion in Arrears for Contractors - Minister

    EGYPT, 2012/12/05 Planning and International Cooperation Minister Ashraf al-Arabi approved on Sunday 2/12/2012 to release delayed EGP1.650 billion overdue funds owed by the National Authority for Drinking Water and Sanitation to contractors and suppliers, adding that another EGP235 million was already paid since Qandil's cabinet took office.

  • Safe water – a glass half full

    ETHIOPIA, 2012/11/27 Extra than half of amount Ethiopians have access to an improved source of drinking water, but the country still has much work to do if it hopes to achieve its goal of providing access to safe water and sanitation for its 83 million people by 2015, experts say.
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