Michel Camdessus to the Board of Directors seminar at the AfDB
African Development Bank | 04 Nov 2011
Le gouverneur honoraire pour la Banque de France, Michel Camdessus, a effectué, jeudi 3 novembre 2011, une visite de travail au Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement. M. Camdessus a participé au séminaire du Conseil dadministration, présidé par le vice-président Aloysius Ordu.Après un...
 Access to Freshwater

WEST AFRICA: Niger River under Pressure from Dams
ips.org | 31 Oct 2011
Several major new dams are being constructed on the Niger River. It's a positive sign of growing investment in agriculture and energy, but it also has some observers worried.The new dams not only raise ecological concerns, but are also provoking difficult negotiations over equitably sharing the...
 Burkina Faso | Mali | Niger | Access to Freshwater | Agriculture | Economics and the Environment

African water atlas launched in French
SCIDEV.NET | 27 Sep 2011
A French version of an African water atlas was launched at World Water Week, boosting the continent's capacity for water management.
 Access to Freshwater | Environmental Awareness

Zambia: Fishermen get hooked on farming
feedproxy.google.com | 05 Apr 2011
A village a few hundred metres from Lake Tanganyika, which holds nearly one-sixth of the world's available fresh water, has turned its back on fishing in favour of farming. In just over two years Kapoka, with around 8,000 people in 1,000 or so households, has forsaken a traditional fishing culture that engaged three-quarters of its economically active inhabitants for generations. They had always cultivated a few crops - cassava, rice, sweet potatoes - now, 90 percent are farming.
 Zambia | Access to Freshwater | Agriculture | Fisheries | Food Security

Namibia/State of emergency declared: VSO's Namibian volunteers on the front line
feedproxy.google.com | 31 Mar 2011
Floods and storms are threatening the homes and work of VSO's 54 international volunteers in Namibia including 22 volunteers from the UK. Half of VSO's international volunteers are located in the flood-affected north of the country, close to the borders with Zambia and Angola – where a State of Emergency has been declared. Access to clean drinking water is the immediate concern for the staff and the communities they live in.
 Namibia | Access to Freshwater | Floods | Water Pollution | Waterborne Diseases

Kenya: The 2010 short rains season assessment report
feedproxy.google.com | 24 Mar 2011
An estimated 2.4 million persons, up from 1.6 million in August 2010, require food and non-food assistance for the next six months, at least. The interventions are required urgently, so as to bridge significant household food gaps while protecting livelihoods. The exceptionally poor performance of the 2010 October to December short rains occurred after similarly poor March-June long rains in the northern and northeastern pastoral areas; and the southeastern and coastal lowlands.
 Kenya | Access to Freshwater | Economics and the Environment | Food Security | Poverty Reduction | Research | Weather Conditions

WATER: Optimism at World Water Day conference
IRIN News | 23 Mar 2011
Half the world's population now lives in cities, and this figure is expected to balloon to more than 70 percent by 2050, but in Africa, where the rate of urbanization is highest, the provision of clean drinking water has been shrinking steadily since 1990. "The ability of [African] governments to...
 South Africa | Access to Freshwater | Public Policy | Urban Planning | Water Pollution | Waterborne Diseases

Innovations in water management needed to sustain cities
feedproxy.google.com | 22 Mar 2011
"Within the next 20 years, 60 percent of the world's population will live in cities, with most urban expansion taking place in the developing world. Ensuring access to nutritious, affordable food for the poorer of these city-dwellers is emerging as a real challenge," said Alexander Mueller, FAO Assistant Director-General for Natural Resources.
 Access to Freshwater | Urban Areas | Urban Planning | Water Pollution | Waterborne Diseases

Mauritania, Kuwait, Jordan water said least secure
Reuters | 21 Mar 2011
Mauritania, Kuwait and Jordan have the least secure water supplies, according to a ranking on Tuesday that says shortages in the Middle East and North Africa might cause political tensions and even higher oil prices.
 Mauritania | Access to Freshwater | Fossil Fuels

A Moment of Silence for Dying Millions on World Water Day
Inter Press Service | 18 Mar 2011
When the international community commemorates World Water Day next week, perhaps it should ponder the words of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who once remarked he does not expect people world over to stop what they are doing and observe a moment of silence, come Mar. 22.
 Access to Freshwater | Health and Environment