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19 Apr 2021 Lilongwe
EIB Lends $35.7 Million USD To Malawi For Water Infrastructure
Projects in Balaka and Machinga districts, scheduled to commence in March 22 for completion by August 2023, will help to relieve "pathetic" situation. Soft loan to be repaid over 20 years.
14 Apr 2021 CAPE TOWN
South Africa To Miss Water Sustainable Development Goal?
Poor economic growth, a water deficit, poor monitoring and data collection, increasing pollution and water stress worsened by climate change contribute.
10 Apr 2021 ABUJA
Nigeria Cholera Outbreak Reports: More Than 1,700 Cases
The suspected outbreak has remained persistent, occurring annually mostly during the rainy season and more often in areas with poor sanitation, overcrowding, lack of clean food and water, and areas where open defecation is common.
10 Apr 2021 LUSAKA
Chinese Firm Wins Northen Zambia Water, Sanitation Project
China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) awarded a contract for water and sanitation improvement project in the northern part of Zambia.
12 Mar 2021 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
South Africa: Municipal Failures Led To Human Rights Violations
A report by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on extensive, multiyear wastewater and sewage pollution of the Vaal River system identifies multiple serious failures by Emfuleni Municipality.
10 Feb 2021 WASHINGTON DC, United States
US Withdrawal Of Military Support To Saudis Offers Hope For Yemen
US President Joe Biden has announced that he is “ending all American support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen, including relevant arms sales”, in a move intended to bring to an end the six-year war that has “created a humanitarian and strategic catastrophe”. Fighting between a Saudi-led Arab coalition backed by the US and UK, and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels has killed more than 100,000 people since March 2015, and displaced 3...
9 Feb 2021 NAIROBI, Kenya
Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa Profiles, Tracks WASH Services Provision
A comprehensive "atlas" profiling and mapping the state and trends in wastewater management and sanitation delivery across every African nation promises to provide policymakers with the information they need to track progress in an area vital to human health, economies and the environment.Produced jointly by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and non-profit environmental communications centre GRID-Arendal, the 284-page "Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa" incorporates maps, graphics and country profiles with analyses of their water resources and provision of basic services...
9 Feb 2021 TRIPOLI, Libya
Millions Of People At Risk Of Water Shortage, WASH Crisis In Libya
Four million Libyans face imminent water shortage if new solutions are not implemented to tackle declining water, sanitation and health (WASH) conditions in the conflict-torn country, according to a 1 February UNICEF statement.WASH conditions in Libya have deteriorated as a result of escalating violence and unrest following civil war and the killing of the country’s leader, Muammar Gaddafi in 2011...
8 Feb 2021 ATHENS
2019 Greece Poisoning Incident Linked To Tap Water
More than 600 people fell sick in Greece in early 2019 with contaminated tap water the most likely source, according to a recent research report. In total, 638 gastroenteritis cases were recorded with symptom onset from late January to early February 2019. However, scientists estimated the actual burden of disease was much higher, according to their manuscript accepted by the journal Epidemiology and Infection...
7 Feb 2021 KYIV
EIB Considers Support For Water Upgrades In Rural Ukraine
The Ministry of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have agreed to cooperate to improve water supply systems in Ukraine. In Ukraine, only 30% of rural settlements are provided with centralized drinking water supply. Imported drinking water is still used in nine regions of Ukraine; therefore, the issue of repair and reconstruction of water supply networks requires an immediate solution...
7 Feb 2021 DAMASCUS
"Massive Undertaking" To Provide Relief After Catastrophic Syria Floods
Humanitarian staff have been working “round the clock” to reopen access roads and provide emergency relief from the disastrous impact that recent floods have unleased on displaced people living in camps in northwest Syria, the UN’s deputy humanitarian coordinator there said on Friday. Providing shelter, food, clean water and other relief supplies is “a massive undertaking…[that] will continue for months”, Mark Cutts told a press briefing in Geneva...
7 Feb 2021 DHAKA
Holistic Approach Required To Address Future Water Demand
The demand for water will go up by 50 per cent by 2050 and some 4.0 billion people in this world face water scarcity at least for a few months of a year. Saber Hossain Chowdhury, chairman of Bangladesh's parliamentary standing committee on Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, came up with the statement while addressing the closing ceremony of the 6th International Water Conference organised by ActionAid Bangladesh on Friday...