africa

Madagascar's Millennium Village goes it alone

24 Mayo, 2013 - 23:00
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97706/Madagascar-apos-s-Millennium-Village-goes-i...
SAMBAINA 22 March 2013 (IRIN) - A Millennium Village in Madagascar is learning to stand on its own as five years of support from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) come to an end this month.

Containing cholera in Niger

24 Mayo, 2013 - 23:00
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98078/Containing-cholera-in-Niger
NIAMEY 22 May 2013 (IRIN) - Cholera has struck 248 people in Ayorou in the Tillabéry Region of northwestern Niger, killing six, two of them Malian refugees.

Water scarcity affects Somaliland households

24 Mayo, 2013 - 23:00
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97678/Water-scarcity-affects-Somaliland-household...
HARGEISA 19 March 2013 (IRIN) - Hundreds of households in the disputed Sool area of the self-declared republic of Somaliland are facing a water shortage following poor rains, say officials.

Zimbabwe short on climate change funds

24 Mayo, 2013 - 23:00
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97994/Zimbabwe-short-on-climate-change-funds
HARARE 07 May 2013 (IRIN) - Inadequate funding and limited resources are frustrating Zimbabwe’s efforts to develop plans to deal with the impact of climate change, says a government progress report.

In Africa, corruption dirties the water

24 Mayo, 2013 - 23:00
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97642/In-Africa-corruption-dirties-the-water
NAIROBI 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - Collusion among government officials, unscrupulous water vendors and large farm owners results in diverted water supply lines, misappropriated funds, and failure to implement laws on protecting water sources from encroachment and pollution. These are just some of the ways corruption is denying millions of poor people in Africa access to safe and clean drinking water, experts say.

Making WASH work in Burkina Faso’s cities

24 Mayo, 2013 - 23:00
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98054/Making-WASH-work-in-Burkina-Faso-s-cities
OUAGADOUGOU 17 May 2013 (IRIN) - Earlier this year Denis Ouedraogo, a tailor living in the Tampouy neighbourhood just north of Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou, connected his mud-walled home to the water network for the first time. “Even without electricity, having enough water can make you happy,” he said.
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