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Liberia: dirty little secret – the loo that saves lives
26 Mar 12
Diarrhoea kills more children than HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria combined – and its main cause is food and water contaminated with human waste. Liberia’s president is trying to change all that, writes Rose George in The Guardian. The author of …Continue reading →
Liberia: President Sirleaf finally signs WASH Compact
22 Mar 12
After a delay of more than half a year, the President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, finally signed the Liberia WASH Compact in January 2012. The signing follows almost two months of lobbying by the WASH Working Group, an alliance of …Continue reading →
Nigeria, Ogoniland: communities demand oil pollution clean-up and compensation
20 Dec 11
Residents of Ogoniland (pop. 832,000), in Rivers State, Nigeria, are demanding compensation and clean-up of the oil that has polluted water sources and destroyed their livelihoods. A UNEP study [1] published in August 2011, concluded that the environmental restoration of …Continue reading →
Ghana: donors urged to help prevent corruption in the water sector
05 Dec 11
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has appealed to donor agencies to introduce anti-corruption policies and tools in all their water sector activities. This was one of the recommendations of Ghana’s National Water Supply Integrity Study [1] undertaken by GII as …Continue reading →
Ghana: former President John Agyekum Kufuor to chair the Sanitation and Water for All partnership
18 Nov 11
His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, former President of Ghana (2001-2009) and former Chairperson of the African Union (2007–2008), will be the first high-level Chair of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership. Kufuor is a passionate global advocate for leadership, …Continue reading →
Financing Water and Sanitation for All in Africa, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, 05-08 December 2011
30 Oct 11
Organised by the Centre Africain pour l’Eau Potable et l’Assainissement (CREPA), this meeting will focus on the need to improve investment in the water and sanitation sector in Africa. About 200 participants are expected from development organisations, bilateral and multi-lateral groups, …Continue reading →
Liberia: President and WASH Ambassador Ellen Johnson Sirleaf awarded Nobel Peace Prize
27 Oct 11
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is one of three women who were jointly awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Mrs Sirleaf became Africa’s first female elected head of state in 2005, following the end of Liberia’s 14-year civil war which left …Continue reading →
Africa: Jimmy Carter spearheads final drive to eradicate Guinea worm disease
25 Oct 11
Former US president Jimmy Carter says US$ 100 million is needed to finally eradicate Guinea worm disease. The UK has pledged a third of this amount if other donors are prepared to cough up the rest. Since the Carter Centre …Continue reading →
New web resource on rural water supply highlights Ghana and Uganda – www.waterservicesthatlast.org
20 Oct 11
One out of three rural water supply systems in developing countries doesn’t function at all or performs far below its promised level. IRC’s Triple-S (Sustainable Services at Scale) initiative has put together a web resource to help those involved in …Continue reading →
Africa: political stability and country leadership key to water and sanitation progress
03 Oct 11
Political stability has heavily influenced progress in improving access to water supply and sanitation services with low-income stable countries outperforming low-income fragile and resource-rich countries. ”This breaks with the common perception that access to sanitation and water increases with GDP”, …Continue reading →
