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8 Jan 2022 RUNDU, Namibia

Communal Land Board Halts Illegal Water Drilling

The company were only granted permission to extract water in June 2021, 6 months after operations had already begun. ReconAfrica has been accused of unsafe wastewater disposal, drilling without adequate permits and harm to local wildlife.

3 Jan 2022 OMUTHIYA

District Hospital Without Water For A Week

Town-wide water pressure issues at heart of hospital shortage. Additional tanks and desal considered.

21 Feb 2021 BERLIN, Germany

Water Scarce Environments Facilitate Interspecies Virus Transmissions

Areas with water shortages experiencing mass mixed species congregations are particularly vulnerable to pathogen transmission between species, according to new researchA study published this month in "Science of the Total Environment" identifies water resources as a main vector for mammalian virus transmissions...

8 Feb 2021 WINDHOEK

Pollution Risk Of Okavango Oil Drilling Projects

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has urged the Namibian government not to approve additional environmental impact assessments (EIAs) around Reconnaissance Energy Africa's exploration of the Okavango Basin until a holistic strategic environmental assessment (SEA) has been conducted and the full implications of exploration have been assessed...