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What Are We Looking At If Africa’s Waters Dry Up?

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The world’s waters are drying up, including Africa’s, thanks in part to climate change. Climate change is causing water scarcity around the world through rainfall variability, droughts and desertification. Research has predicted that the variability will cause some African sub-regions to experience wet periods and others to face serious droughts. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]

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World Water Week: African ministers highlight benefits of wastewater

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The African Water and Sanitation Ministers attending the 2017 World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden, have highlighted the importance of wastewater to the region’s hope of achieving economic growth and sustainable development. Speaking before and during the opening plenary in Central Stockholm on Monday, August 28, 2017, water and sanitation ministers from the five sub-regions

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United Nations assembly president says water and sanitation goals needs major push

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At the start of World Water Week, 28 August 2017-  Encouraging global action to support clean water and sanitation, United Nations General Assembly President Peter Thomson mentioned that when it comes to the environment, everything is connected. “None should imagine that the state of sanitation and coral reefs are anything but directly connected,” Mr. Thomson

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