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7 Jan 2022 YAOUNDE, Cameroon
Violence Escalates In Cameroon; 30,000 Flee To Chad
Cameroonian authorities have reported that the recent bout of violence broke out between fishermen of the Musgum community and ethnic Arab Choa cattlemen over water management and access. With people continuing to arrive in Chad, pressure has been mounting on the African country which is home to 17 million people and around one million refugees and internally displaced families.
6 Jan 2022 CAIRO, Egypt
GERD: Gulf States Support Egypt
GCC minister acknowledges Egypt's pivotal role in regional stability; emphasizes need for legally binding agreement among Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan
5 Dec 2021 MOGADISHU, Somalia
Somalia Launches National Water Resources Strategy
Broad-based national consultation process towards the development of the NWRS and national priorities, conducted throughout 2020, involved government ministries, development partners, experts and international and local NGOs.
5 Dec 2021 NIAMEY, Niger
World Bank Support For Niger Water Services
Project will affect about 3 million people, is designed to strengthen management of water resources: increase access to services and improve resilience to climate-induced water variability.
10 Nov 2021 NAIROBI, Kenya
Solar Desal For Rural Kenya
Finnish company's technology to address brackish coastal water in Kitui County
25 Oct 2021 PEMBA, Mozambique
Cabo Delgado: Water Shortage Adds Stress To Conflict In Mozambique Province
Lack of access to safe water, worsened by massive population displacements, has led to an increase in cases of cholera and diarrhoea.
4 Oct 2021 KAMPALA, Uganda
Water Should Be At Centre Of African Climate Policies
Access to water and sanitation linked to climate change in new reports from WaterAid Nigeria
1 Oct 2021 GENEVA, Switzerland
Joint Agreement On Senegal – Mauritanian Aquifer Basin
A new permanent mechanism to be established for cooperative management of the aquifer system, including both a legal and an institutional framework for cooperation.
27 Sep 2021 GENEVA, Switzerland
Lessons From The Sahel On Water Security And Water Diplomacy
Water as a source of interstate conflicts, and key to resolution...global and African insights into water diplomacy.
21 Sep 2021 GITEGA, Burundi
Floods Lead To Internal Displacement Of 100,000 In Burundi
Natural disasters driving displacement in Burundi.
21 Sep 2021 NEW YORK NY, United States
Security Council Urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan To Resume GERD Talks
UN Security Council stresses need for Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt to continue talks with African Union in order to agree water sharing of Nile River.
21 Sep 2021 Nairobi, Kenya
Kenya Drought Declared National Disaster
The National Treasury of Kenya and the Ministry of the Interior and Coordination of National Government will spearhead government responses to poor rainfall and crop failures which will include water and food relief distribution as well as livestock uptake.