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Water & Sanitation

Lagos water boss resigns, activists call for probe

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has commended Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for playing a pivotal role in spurring controversial former Group Managing...

admin - October 27, 2015

Water & Sanitation

WaterAid, First Step, others seek change at Global Handwashing Day

Abuja-based WaterAid Nigeria and Makurdi-based First Step observed the 2015 Global Handwashing Day (GHD) on Thursday by seeking changes in hygiene habits. While WaterAid...

admin - October 16, 2015

Water & Sanitation

Groups seek end to planned water privatisation in Ogun

Plans by the Ogun State government to privatise water through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model promoted by the World Bank is a recipe...

admin - September 30, 2015

Water & Sanitation

Acid rain threatens life in Uganda

Every time it rains, Barbra Nyawiza, a teacher at Ngaara Primary School in Mbarara district, gets reactions. She sneezes and snoots. Scientists believe this primary...

admin - September 30, 2015

Water & Sanitation

SIWI: Water critical to Sustainable Development Goals

About 193 world leaders will commit to 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Without water, however, these goals cannot be achieved. SIWI, in New York, will...

admin - September 26, 2015

Water & Sanitation

How Uganda culture advances water resources

In Banyakole tradition, members of the Abitira sub clan believe that they descended from a common ancestor with frogs. The age-old tradition, however, does not mean...

admin - September 13, 2015

Water & Sanitation

Middle East nations most likely to be water-stressed in 2040

The world’s demand for water is likely to surge in the next few decades. Rapidly growing populations will drive increased consumption by people, farms...

admin - September 9, 2015

Water & Sanitation

Worry over quality of surface water in Uganda

Every time Chrispus Twikirize, a student and resident of Kainamo in Ibaare, Igara Bushenyi, goes to the well to fetch water for domestic use,...

Michael Simire - September 6, 2015

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