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GHANA: Dodging faeces on the beaches

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

On a hot afternoon at Jamestown beach, once considered to be one of Accra’s most famous beaches, 25-year-old Francis Cudjoe and his three friends...

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Mother commits infanticide

africa » gambia » brikama

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

One Isatou Fatty was, yesterday, paraded before the Brikama Magistrates Court, for allegedly dumping her newborn in a toilet pit, after giving birth...

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Judgement in infanticide trial

africa » gambia » bundung

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Senior Magistrate Kumba Sillah-Camara ofthe Bundung Magistrates Court has convicted and sentenced one Binta Jatta, to atwo-year jail term with hard...

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Mozambique: GPOBA Supports Water Services for Poor Households in Five Cities

africa » mozambique » maputo

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

The World Bank, acting as an administrator for the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA), today signed a grant agreement with Mozambique’s...

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Malawi Receives US$25 Million Additional Financing For Water and Sanitation

africa » malawi » lilongwe

World Bank

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

The Government of Malawi and the International Development Association (IDA) today signed a US$25 million grant to improve water supply and...

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NIGERIA: Worst cholera outbreak in years in Benue State

africa » nigeria » lagos

Sunday, March 30, 2008

At least 35 people have died of cholera in the capital of Benue State, Madurdi, and the town of Oturkpo. Both areas have a history of cholera...

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BURKINA FASO: Flush with new funds for wat/san

africa » burkina faso » ouagadougou

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Donors announced in March that they will invest US $1.2 billion into Burkina Faso’s water sector, to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...

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Teenage Mother Caught After Dumping Baby

africa » gambia » wellingara

The Point

Thursday, November 08, 2007

As baby dumping once again threatens to rear its ugly head, The Point has gathered from dependable sources that a 15-year-old girl of Wellingara...

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CHAD: 100 toilets per 25,000 people spells health crisis in east

africa » chad

IRIN

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

A health crisis is looming in the southern part of eastern Chad, where roughly 100,000 poorly-nourished displaced people are living in close...

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Bucket Bath and Pit Latrine

africa » gambia

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

In most Gambian homes, even in the urban areas, people use a pit latrine. It is expensive to obtain and maintain a flush toilet, so many people cant...

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