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25 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
GHANA, ACCRA — South Africa-based Standard Bank Group last week announced $126 million USD in international funding for a 60,000 cubic meter per day desalination plant project in Ghana.
25 Feb 2013 - 11:01 by Local Press Report
nairoBi (The Star (Nairobi)) — The implementation of a $114.9 million USD water and sanitation programme for the five East Africa Community states is back on track after a one-year delay.
25 Feb 2013 - 09:21 by Local Press Report
BELGRADE (Balkans.com) — Serbia and the UAE have signed an inter-state agreement, and the planned ventures and investments are most that has been achieved so far in bilateral agreements with any country.
25 Feb 2013 - 08:35 by Local Press Report
YAZD (National Council of Resistance of Iran) — The water authority in city of Yazd in central Iran have announced rationing of drinking water in the city beginning Sunday. The authorities in the city said the measure was implemented af
25 Feb 2013 - 08:31 by Local Press Report
PRINCETON (The Conversation) — Increases in humidity caused as a result of climate change are reducing labour productivity and it’s only likely to get worse over time, argue researchers from America’s National Oceanic and Atmosp
25 Feb 2013 - 11:06 by Local Press Report
PRETORIA (South African Government) — The North West Province is aiming to achieve 100% access to water for all households in the new financial year, North West Premier Thandi Modise announced in her State of the Province delivered in
22 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
nairoBi, Kenya — Kenya has developed a comprehensive master plan for transferring water and sanitation services from the national to county governments, as required under the the new constitution.
22 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Malawi, LILONGWE — The mediation process for the territorial dispute over Lake Malawi will start at the end of this month, according to Malawi Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Patrick Kabambe.
22 Feb 2013 - 10:50 by Local Press Report
CHAROLETTESVILLE (NBC Politics) — In his first major address since taking office three weeks ago, Secretary of State John Kerry told an audience at the University of Virginia Wednesday that Americans must invest more in foreign aid
22 Feb 2013 - 10:46 by Local Press Report
JOHANNESBURG (Creamer Media's Engineering News) — As trade between South Africa and the Czech Republic increases, companies such as Envites are homing in on the South African mining and other markets with sophisticated water treatment systems as
22 Feb 2013 - 10:36 by Local Press Report
BOSTON (Seeking Alpha) — The report, Global Mining Industry: Water Scarcity to Raise Capex and Operating Costs, Heighten Operational Risks, comes as more miners venture further afield, often to some of the most parched pla
22 Feb 2013 - 10:55 by Local Press Report
BO (Water World) — Head of the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO) in Bo has said that the township will start enjoying twenty-four hours supply of safe-drinking water come 2015 Denise Macavoray made the statement
21 Feb 2013 - 09:55 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
YEMEN, SANA’A — Several water networks in Yemen’s southern Abyan province are contaminated and unfit for consumption, according to recent tests conducted by the Central Laboratory of Public Health.
21 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT — The Gulf Development Fund is providings a $16.2 milion USD grant to the Jordanian government as part of its commitment to finance water, irrigation and agricultural projects in the kingdom.
21 Feb 2013 - 10:47 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
nairoBi, Kenya — Risks from chemical products and Arctic ice melting are this year’s major emerging issues for the global environment, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
21 Feb 2013 - 10:42 by Local Press Report
KUITO (Angola Press) — Some $2.6 million USD is the amount the government of central Bie province will invest in implementation of water for all programme in all province's districts, Angop learnt Monday. According
21 Feb 2013 - 10:38 by Local Press Report
HARARE (The Herald (Zimbabwe)) — Harare City Council has negotiated a $80 million USD loan with a Chinese bank to overhaul water treatment plants and replace ageing pipes to ensure at least 80 percent of the city receives constant
21 Feb 2013 - 10:21 by Local Press Report
BAKU (Zawya) — Azerbaijan and the Saudi Fund for Development have signed the protocol of negotiations held in Riyadh under the draft credit agreement on allocation of $35 million for renovation and expansion of w
20 Feb 2013 - 10:02 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The Saudi government announced this week that it has allocated $148 million USD in this year’s federal budget for water and sanitation projects in the southwestern Baha region.
20 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South Africa will begin construction of the $2.2 billion USD Umzimvubu Dam next year, President Jacob Zuma announced during his State of the Nation address on February 14.
20 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
GAZA — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has launched an emergency appeal for $300 million USD to fund water, sanitation, food and health services
20 Feb 2013 - 10:37 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
LONDON, United Kingdom — The Carbon Trust, a UK-based organization devoted to helping companies, governments and the public sector accelerate the move to a low-carbon economy, this week announced the launch of the world’s
20 Feb 2013 - 10:25 by Local Press Report
ABUJA (This Day) — The Federal Government needs $2.2 billion USD every year for it to tackle issues on sanitation and water supply in the country. President Goodluck Jonathan disclosed this Monday at the openi
20 Feb 2013 - 10:44 by Local Press Report
MUSCAT (Times of Oman) — The Public Authority for Electricity and Water has announced the disconnection of water supply in Al Qurum, Al Khuwair 33 and Al Wattayah in the wilayat of Bausher and the wilayats of Amerat, Muttr
19 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Saudi Arabia, JEDDAH — The Saudi-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will extend $285 million USD worth of loans to Morocco to fund water and power projects, bank officials said last week.
19 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Nigeria, PORT HARCOURT — The United Nations Environment Progam (UNEP) is pushing for action to clean up oil spills in Nigeria’s Ogoniland territory, which it says “could prove to be the world's most wide-ranging and long t
19 Feb 2013 - 10:22 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT — Kuwait needs to increase the pace of its 2013-2014 development plan and further engage the private sector to become a major contributor to the process, according to economic experts attending a con
19 Feb 2013 - 10:50 by Local Press Report
Geneva (International Committee of the Red Cross) — The humanitarian situation in northern Mali is still a source of concern. Displaced persons in the north-east corner of the country lack food and water.
18 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
SYRIA, RAKKA — Rebels took control of Syria’s biggest hydropower dam last week, according to insurgents in the country and abroad.
18 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CAIRO, Egypt — The Egyptian government last week announced it would increase funding for water and sanitation projects in the 2012-2013 fiscal year by $148 million USD.
18 Feb 2013 - 10:01 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The Ethiopian government is urgently pursuing innovative ways to raise funds to finance construction of its controversial mega dam on the Blue Nile.
18 Feb 2013 - 08:55 by Local Press Report
18 Feb 2013 - 11:08 by Local Press Report
JOHANNESBURG (news24.com) — The cost of damage caused by recent flooding in the Kruger National Park has exceeded $17.2 million USD.
18 Feb 2013 - 10:53 by Local Press Report
ABUJA (Leadership) — Students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, have urged Gov.
18 Feb 2013 - 10:49 by Local Press Report
CA, EL SEGUNDO (NanoH20) — NanoH2O Inc., manufacturer of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for seawater desalination, today announced that it has been selected by Via Maris Desalination Ltd.
15 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt will not resort to military action to solve Nile water problems, Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Bahaaeddine reiterated this week.
15 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority is planning to introduce a new water law that will restructure the sector and redefine policies and strategies with regard to water and sanitation services, Palestinian
15 Feb 2013 - 10:27 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
OMAN, MUSCAT — The Oman Power and Water Procurement Company announced this week that it has signed the water purchase agreement for the Al Ghubrah Independent Water Project.
15 Feb 2013 - 08:49 by Local Press Report
RIYADH (Al-Shorfa) — The Saudi Ministry of Water and Electricity has allocated about $3.9 billion USD for water, sanitary drainage and dam projects across the kingdom this fiscal year, alarabiya.net reported this week.
15 Feb 2013 - 10:54 by Local Press Report
KANSAS CITY (Brand Channel) — Matt Damon, looking for a way to “persuade people to give a shit about toilets,” staged a press conference in anticipation of World Water Day, March 22.
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