Source: www.waterworld.comThe development of water and sanitation infrastructure has failed to keep up with the millions of Latin Americans migrating to urban areas over the years. Nuno Oscar Branco looks at some of the projects taking place to bring the region up to speed and meet Millenium Development Goals, including ... (read more)

By Chris Stein, 30th August 2010source  Inter Press Service News Agency (read more)

Coordinators have presented the  southern and western networks and their  objectives at the 8th ordinary session of the Executive Committee (EXCO) of the African Ministers Council on Water  and European Union water initiative african group meeting. ( 26-30th July 2010) (read more)

16 August 2010 – The United Nations today unveiled a decade-long push to raise awareness and mobilize action to fight desertification, which threatens the livelihoods of more than 1 billion people in 100 countries.The General Assembly designated 2010-2020 as the Decade in 2007 to heighten ... (read more)

Darou Ngaraf - 26 July 2010 available on Allafrica.com Kalla Niang, 12, is highly self assured and energetic. She is busily preparing herself for high school, an opportunity that, until recently, would not have been available to her. She lives in the village of Darou Ngaraf in northern Senegal. Like many girls in rural Senegal, Kalla and her sisters are responsible for many daily chores, ... (read more)

 By Grace Azubuike- 30 July 2010Cape Town — The African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), has said that its Vision 2025 targets the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), relating to water and sanitation. This was ... (read more)

This opinion piece is adapted from a response published in The Guardian on 6 May 2010. About Jon Lane Jon Lane, OBE, is a Civil Engineer by profession. He is the Executive Director of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC). Mr. Lane was previously Director of RedR (Registered Engineers for Disaster Relief) and of WaterAid. Before ... (read more)

SERVIR-Africa community news - entries posted in June 2010     http://www.servir.net/africa/index.php?option=com_mamblog&Itemid=54&task=show&action=all&id=0&ignorecount=1- 1st AMESD ... (read more)

By humanitarian news and analysis, 21 June 2010Maiduguri — Lack of access to clean toilets or an adequate water supply, living in close proximity to animals, and poor public health awareness have helped put 2.3 million people in northern Nigeria's Borno State at risk of contracting trachoma, a bacterial infection causing blindness. But practising simple good hygiene ... (read more)

By Brigitte Weidlich, 14 June 2010NAMIBIA - A GROUP of experts has presented findings on possible future subsidisation of water (read more)