Many EU-backed sanitation and water projects in sub-Saharan Africa are unsustainable because of missing technical and financial support, says a new financial audit of more than 20 development projects. A report by the European Court of Auditors...
Climate change is bringing many uncertainties, especially to the world of water. No continent will be harder hit by climate change than Africa. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has stated that African river basins will be especially...
As factors from droughts to urbanisation add to the dire global water crisis, the ensuing misery falls even more on women and girls in the world’s poorest countries. The statistics are staggering:around the world, women and girls expend a...
Zimbabwe’s second city Bulawayo has ordered its residents to flush toilets at the same time once a week to prevent blockages during frequent periods of water rationing, the mayor said last Saturday. “We are going to have a big flush every Monday to...
