Awards will go to scientists in Ghana, Tanzania
SCIDEV.NET | 09 Nov 2011
A scheme that provides three-year awards for collaborative research projects between UK and African researchers is to enter a second round.Phase one of the scheme saw 33 researchers in the priority fields of agriculture, water and sanitation, basic health research, biodiversity and energy receive...
 Ghana | Tanzania | United Republic of | Agriculture | Freshwater

EGYPT: Major headaches for water planners
IRIN News | 18 Oct 2011
SHARQIA 18 October 2011 (IRIN) - Leaking water pipes, evaporation and a rapidly growing population may be significant concerns for those trying to manage and plan water supplies in Egypt, but compounding such problems - and forcing Egyptians to rethink how they use water - is the threat posed by downstream countries which also want to take more water from the Nile, say observers.
 Egypt | Climate Variability | Freshwater

Africa: U.N. Water Conference Focuses on Cities
AllAfrica.com | 22 Mar 2011
Cape Town — As a U.N. conference on water opens in South Africa today, the country's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has repeated warnings that the country faces a water supply crisis. Experts attending the three-day conference will consider the challenges posed by growing demands, migration and water resources potentially limited by careless use and climate change.
 South Africa | Access to Freshwater | Access to Information | Freshwater | Governance | Urban Environment | Water Pollution | Waterborne Diseases

Early Rains Rekindle Interest in Rainwater Harvesting
ips.org | 06 Jan 2011
In Thembekie Gwebus yard under the roof leaves stands a curious giant green plastic container with a plastic pipe connected to the gutter. She has been asked a number of times by curious visitors and passers-by what the contraption is, and she happily explains. Gwebu, a 60-something year-old...
 Zimbabwe | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation

Malawi: Miracle Man Eases Village's Water Woes
Inter Press Service | 21 Dec 2010
Hermes Chimombo, a welder in his 50s, is a revered man in the impoverished Naotcha Township. Armed with rudimentary tools and a passion to ease peoples suffering, he has tapped a spring in the mountain above the slum to provide water for its 25,000 residents. Go back to 1998. On any given night,...
 Malawi | Food Security | Freshwater

Water crisis in South Africa - opportunities
AfricaFiles | 29 Nov 2010
South Africa is a water stressed nation. The dams in that nation currently capture nearly 80% of available water to supply people and industries. This is the highest proportion of water capture of any nation. However, stewardship of this resource must be improved. There are examples in this article of inaction, but Ashton also proposes positive and attainable alternatives. AB
 South Africa | Access to Freshwater | Freshwater

Kenya: Water shortage sparks fears of disease outbreak
Daily Nation | 25 Nov 2010
An acute shortage of water has sparked fears of a disease outbreak in Jomvu in Kilindini District. Residents in the area are now using untreated water from bore-holes due to destruction of the main water pipe by a private developer. More than 2,500 residents of Mtaa wa Swahili said they have been forced to use bore-hole water, which they said might be contaminated.
 Kenya | Freshwater | Water Pollution | Waterborne Diseases

Egypt says "amazed" by Ethiopia's Nile remarks
Reuters | 23 Nov 2010
Egypt said it was "amazed" by Ethiopia's suggestion on Tuesday that Cairo might turn to military action in a row over the Nile waters, saying it did not want confrontation and was not backing rebels there.
 Egypt | Ethiopia | Biodiversity | Energy | Freshwater

Ethiopians want more from sacred Nile waters
The East African | 15 Nov 2010
Here in the shadow of Mount Gish, the spring water that forms the Blue Nile is believed to have healing powers, but Ethiopians say that is the only benefit they get from the mighty river. "These waters are sacred, they perform miracles for the sick," Berhanu Melak, an elderly farmer, told AFP as he filled a metal trough with water for the throngs of white-cloaked men and women who have been queuing since the early hours in this town 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of Addis Ababa.
 Ethiopia | Freshwater | Health and Environment

KENYA: Water suppliers "unfair to the poor"
IRIN News | 09 Nov 2010
NAIROBI, 8 November 2010 (IRIN) - The poor in Kenya pay more for water than the rich, but even then millions do not have enough, mainly because provision is skewed, an advocacy group has said. "The absence of a formula-based approach to budget allocation at the Ministry of Water and Irrigation has led to large inequities for water access in Kenya, with the poor paying more compared with the rich...
 Kenya | Freshwater | Waste Management