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Windhoek facing water shortages

Windhoek could be facing water shortages as a result of very little rain and a severe drop in water levels in the three dams that supply the city. This is according to the latest NamWater dam bulletin. The New Era Newspaper reported that the delay...

India tracks toilet use with tablets

Officials in India will be heading out with mobile phones, tablets and iPads this month to report on whether toilets are being used in rural India, with results uploaded onto a website in real time. This nationwide online programme was launched...

Two die in Nairobi high-rise building collapse

At least two people were killed and several others injured on Sunday when a six-storey residential building collapsed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, officials said. City officials said 22 survivors had been pulled out of the rubble of the building,...