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Ethiopia: Where’s the Loo?: Earth Report documentary premieres on BBC World, 21 March 2008
10 Mar 08
WHERE’S THE LOO? is an Earth Report exploration of what the Ethiopian Government with support of Development Partners is doing to meet to the target of 100 percent sanitation coverage by 2012, and positive behavior change on hygienepractices . From the vast highlands of Amhara Region to rubbish tips in the middle of Addis Ababa, [...]
Ethiopia: "Clean water saves our children"
06 Mar 08
Saturday, 01 March 2008, Ethiopian ReporterNew wells are coming to light in Ethiopia’s rural areas. Clean water is highly needed. It saves people from diseases and hard physical labour. We have reduced problems such as malaria and diarrhoea because of the well. The clean water saves our children, and protects us against diseases,” Askaleh [...]
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Kenya: Crisis looms in north and south east Kenya as water becomes scarce
03 Mar 08
As Kenyans celebrate the political breakthrough over power sharing, crisis is looming in the north and south east over water scarcity and pressure on grazing pastures.“Already people in over 28 trading centres in Takaba are relying on water delivered in trucks because water in shallow wells and water pans has dried up,” Enrico Eminae, ActionAid [...]
Water Wars: Ethiopia and Kenya
03 Mar 08
While Americans fret about rising gas prices, many experts have argued that the major conflicts of the 21st century will be fought over water, not oil. Multimedia journalists from The Common Language Project and AfrikaNews.org investigate the role of water scarcity in fueling conflict and stifling development in the Eastern African countries of Kenya and [...]
Somalia: Acute watery diarrhoea kills 11 in Belet Hawo
03 Mar 08
NAIROBI, 29 February 2008 (IRIN) - An outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) in and around the town of Belet Hawo, southwestern Somalia, has killed at least 11 people in the past three weeks, medical sources said on 28 February.The district commissioner of Belet Hawo, Ahmed Mohamed Burkuus, said a taskforce had been set up [...]
Somalia: Thousands hit by water shortage
03 Mar 08
NAIROBI, 18 February 2008 (IRIN) - Thousands of families in Somalia’s Middle Juba region need urgent help after being hit by a severe water shortage caused by catchment areas drying up and boreholes malfunctioning, local officials said.“The situation in some villages is very bad and we need to truck water to them,” Abas Haji Abdullahi, [...]
UNICEF trains Government of Southern Sudan water managers
03 Mar 08
JUBA, 28 January 2008 - UNICEF and the Government of Southern Sudan conducted a three weeks intensive capacity-building training programme for the effective use and management of water resources in Southern Sudan. The training, which cost US $230,000, ran from 28 January to 15 February in Juba the capital of Southern Sudan.Only 60 per [...]
Bad sanitation holds back development in Africa
03 Mar 08
WaterAid has launched its new report, Giving sanitation the green light, at AfricaSan, Africa’s conference on sanitation and hygiene. The conference takes place in Durban, South Africa, from 18-20 February, and WaterAid’s Policy Officer for Sanitation, Oliver Cumming, will be posting a daily blog here.The paper charts what progress has been made and what [...]
A Rapid Assessment of Kenya’s Water, Sanitation and Sewerage Framework [publication]
03 Mar 08
A Rapid Assessment of Kenya’s Water, Sanitation and Sewerage FrameworkAuthor(s): Institute of Economic AffairsJune 2007AbstractThis research assesses the design and implementation of Water Act 2002. More specifically it (i)highlights strengths and weaknesses of Kenya’s water, sanitation and sewerage framework as per water Act 2002 and (ii) ways in which the identified strengths can be built [...]
Sudan: New wells for Southern Sudan
03 Mar 08
The Polish Humanitarian Organisation (PHO) has been devoting most of its actions to well drilling programmes since 2006 when it created 8 water resources. In 2007 PHO provided 10 000 members of local communities of Makuach i Kolnyang w (Jonglei province) with another 11 water sources. Well costs remain very high - 13.000 -15.000 USD, [...]
