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8 Oct 2020 AS-SALIF, Yemen
Security Council Demands Access To Decaying Oil Tanker Which Threatens Yemen Freshwater Resources, Ecosystems
This news article was updated 19 OctoberThe United Nations Security Council has called on Iran-backed Houthis to give experts immediate access to the stricken SFO Safer oil tanker in the Red Sea. The tanker has been stranded and unmaintained for five years north of Yemen's port city Hodeidah.The condition of the tanker, containing an estimated 1,148,000 barrels of light crude oil and anchored 4...
8 Oct 2020 KITUI, Kenya
Farmers And Herders Clash In Kenya's Tana River Region
An extended dry season has fueled farmer-herder friction along the border of Tana River and Kitui Counties in Kenya, raising fears of conflict over scarce water and pastureland resources.Kitui county officials have advised that they are in communication with their respective counterparts in Tana River County to encourage camel herders to remain within already agreed borders...
7 Oct 2020 NEWTOWN
Intensive Chicken Farming Pollutes Wales River Systems
As rivers in Wales deteriorate and fill with pollution, a coalition of groups has called for a moratorium on planning approval for new intensive poultry units in Powys. In Wales, phosphate, nitrogen and ammonia pollution are causing serious damage to sensitive habitats, rivers and air, according to a statement from Wales Environmental Link (Wel), a network of 30 environmental and countryside organisations...
7 Oct 2020 BUFFALO NY, United States
By 2100, Greenland Ice Loss Will Be Fastest In 12,000 Years
A timeline of projected ice mass loss in Greenland indicates that by 2100, the island’s ice loss will be the most rapid in the past 12,000 years.According to a new study from the State University of New York in Buffalo and published in Nature, Greenland glacier melt since the earl 1990’s is currently contributing up to 0...
7 Oct 2020 Juba, South Sudan
Urgent Need For Aid To South Sudan
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking to raise $58 Million USD in additional aid to meet the crisis brought on in South Sudan due to crop infestation by locusts, the COVID-19 health crisis, and loss of crops and livestock due to heavy rainfall that is estimated to be the worst in 60 years...
7 Oct 2020 MOGADISHU
Sand Dam Construction Supports Freshwater Supply In Somalia
Humanitarian efforts to restore water security [in Somalia] have seen positive results. In one instance, efforts by the United Nations Development Programme use sand, one of the nation’s most abundant resources, to combat drought in Somalia. By constructing dams that capture and store water during wet seasons, the U...
4 Oct 2020 New YORK NY, United States
Egypt, Ethiopia Leaders Address Contentious Dam In UN Statements
In addresses to September’s seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the leaders of Ethiopia and Egypt have described their countries’ respective positions and views around the contentious, and soon to be completed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile...
4 Oct 2020 YOLA
Water Is A Tool For Peace In Lake Chad Region
Lake Chad is an extremely shallow water body in the Sahel. Its origin is unknown but it is believed to be a remnant of a former inland sea. It doesn't drain into the ocean but it has shrunk by over 90% since the 1960s due to climate change, an increase in the population and unplanned irrigation. Given the rate at which the lake is disappearing, in less than a decade it may cease to be...
4 Oct 2020 HYDERABAD
Inter-state Disputes Present Continuing Challenge For India's Jal Shakti Administration
Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday decided to confront the Centre for its failure to resolve the river water disputes between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, even after six years of bifurcation of the combined state. At a high-level meeting of the irrigation department in Pragati Bhavan, KCR finalised the strategy to be adopted by the state government at the apex council meeting convened by Union Jal Sakthi minister Gajendra Singh Shekawat on October 6.
4 Oct 2020 NUR-SULTAN
USAID Supports Regional Water Cooperation In Central Asia
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced the launch of a new five year, $24.5 million regional water program, USAID’s Regional Water and Vulnerable Environment, that will strengthen regional cooperation on shared water resources and address current and emerging environmental challenges in the five countries of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
4 Oct 2020 KALOKOL
Lake Turkana Floods, Water-borne Disease And Human-Animal Conflict
The rising water level in Lake Turkana has displaced hundreds of people living along its shores and destroyed property. The water level in the lake has surged to unprecedented levels from 500 metres to 800 metres, submerging beaches, hotels, homes and government offices. Residents, including fishermen and traders, have lamented the devastating effects of the surging lake...
3 Oct 2020 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom
Valuing Water From Source To Sea: aquaNOW Audience Panelist Insights
Water is essential for human life. For health, food, our environment and ecosystems. It is also plays a central role in our economies, from agriculture to energy production, and manufacturing to tourism.Do we value water enough? OOSKAnews asked panelists in a 30 September aquaNOW Audience for their views on how we should value water from source to sea...