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LESOTHO: Water running on empty

Monday, July 07, 2008

Three parched years in a row have drained Lesotho's water sources and thousands of people that are already facing chronic food insecurity risk losing...

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Union Gov’t is the key - Says President Jammeh

africa » gambia » banjul

Friday, July 04, 2008

President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh has proposed for the creation of a Union Government at the AU to accelerate efforts for the achievement of the...

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KENYA: Cholera confirmed in western region

africa » kenya » nairobi

http://irinnews.org

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

An outbreak of cholera has been confirmed in the Kisumu municipality in the western region, a senior health official has said. "Atleast 13 out of 38...

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MALI: All it takes to save the lakes from climate change is money

africa » mali » lake faguibine

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org

Thursday, June 05, 2008

AhmedToure spends most days squatting beside the only surfaced road runningthrough the Timbuktu region of northern Mali, his face and eyesshielded...

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Kololi Gets New Clinic

africa » gambia » kololi

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

The Secretary of State for Fisheries and Water Resources recently inaugurated a new clinic in Kiloli in the Kanifing Municipality. In his inaugural...

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CAMEROON: The aesthetics of water

africa » cameroon » douala

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Since the 1990s when the Cameroon government stopped providing freewater in urban centres, most of the population of the commercialcapital Douala...

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SUDAN: Watermelons, conflict and climate change

africa » sudan » el obeid

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Severalhundred kilometres from the simmering conflicts between pastoralistsand farmers [over natural resources] in Sudan's Darfur region, the...

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Rural water project improves lives

africa » gambia » lower river region

Monday, May 12, 2008

The rural water project initiative, which resulted from the long-term bilateral co-operation between the governments of the Gambia and Japan, has...

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GUBS Gets Water Supply

africa » gambia

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

The School of Matravass in Westbury, Wiltshire County in the UK, has contributed to satisfying the water need of Gunjur Upper Basic School.The school...

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SOMALIA: Hundreds displaced in fighting over water and pasture

africa » somalia

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Hundredsof families have been displaced in Somalia's southwestern region ofGedo after two days of inter-clan fighting in which 13 people werekilled...

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