Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) many people have to walk to rivers to fetch non potable water in jerry cans for their families, often multiple times in a day Full text...
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AfDB, partners unveil initiative to secure climate-resilient water and sanitation services in five drought-prone countries
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank, in partnership with the Nordic Development Fund and the Government of Denmark, will roll-out a programme to strengthen access to climate-resilient water and sanitation resources in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger and Somalia Full text...
Lack of water linked to 10 percent of rise in global migration – WB report
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – As climate change accelerates a global water crisis, rainfall variability is expected to be one of the contributing forces in migration, according to a new World Bank report released on Monday Full text...
Drinking water supply to Tripoli to resume from this Sunday
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Tripoli's drinking water supply from the artificial river will resume from this Sunday evening after the discharge of water in Sidi Al-Sayeh reservoir supplying the city, the Implementation and Management Authority of the artificial river project has announced Full text...
Zanzibar's urban residents get improved access to water, sanitation with AfDB support
Zanzibar, Tanzania (PANA) - Around 287,000 residents of Saateni and Welezo areas of Zanzibar city now benefit from water and sanitation services, following completion of a project financed by a US$ 19 million loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Full text...
Senegal chooses Suez Group for production and distribution of drinking water
Paris, France (PANA) - The Senegalese Ministry of Water and Sanitation and the SUEZ Group signed here Tuesday a leasing contract for the management of the public service for the production and distribution of drinking water in urban and peri-urban areas in Senegal Full text...
Harare City Council resumes water production after initially switching off
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Harare City Council (HCC) has resumed water production, a day after it was switched off following the council's failure to pay for treatment chemicals as prices remain high locally Full text...
New water project to end water stress in central Botswana
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Residents of Ramokgonami in central Botswana have been assured that the ongoing US$28 million Mahalapye water treatment plant expansion project would improve the water situation in the Sefhare/Ramokgonami constituency Full text...