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Côte d'Ivoire : L'OFFICE NATIONAL DE L'EAU POTABLE (ONEP) annonce un rationnement de l'eau dans la v...
mediaterre.org | 21 Nov 2011
Face à la pénurie d'eau dans plusieurs quartiers de la ville d'Abidjan, les responsables de l'ONEP proposent un système de rationnement dans l'attente de l'achèvement d'un projet financé par la Banque Islamique de Développement (BID) dont les travaux ont commencé il y a deux semaines et qui...

No end to rubbish strike
BuaNews | 12 Apr 2011
Pretoria - The City of Johannesburg says it is disappointed with the outcome of the consultation meeting with unions on Monday aimed at ending the strike by refuse workers. The city's spokesperson Gabu Tugwana said management had hoped the strike would have been resolved so that SA Municipal...

Ethiopia: Reducing TB risk in Addis Ababa
feedproxy.google.com | 23 Mar 2011
Health officials in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, are concerned about the spread of tuberculosis in the city's crowded public transport networks and tightly packed "DSTV [satellite television] houses" where ardent fans come to watch English and Spanish football.

Ethiopia | Health and Environment | Urban Areas

Africa: After DFID Review: Nairobi-Based UN-HABITAT's Fortunes to Decline
AllAfrica.com | 22 Mar 2011
The fortunes of the Nairobi-based United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) could change drastically in the wake of a damning report by the UK's Department of International Development (DFID) that suggests that the organisation is riddled with irregularities.

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

'Slum Survivors' inspires and uplifts
IRIN News | 18 Mar 2011
In September 2007, IRIN released its award-winning film Slum Survivors, a 45-minute documentary about five people living in the Kenyan slum of Kibera. Slum Survivors has since become one of our most acclaimed and widely watched films and provides concrete proof that IRIN films change lives.

MALAWI: Rise in Paraffin Prices Leaves Traders in the Dark
Inter Press Service | 23 Feb 2011
Increasing energy prices have caused anxiety for many small-scale Malawian traders, especially those in rural areas and peri-urban areas who rely on paraffin for lighting their business premises.

Changing rains, poor urban planning expose Zambian capital to repeat of 2010 floods
feedproxy.google.com | 17 Feb 2011
Almost a year since flood waters wrought havoc on the Zambian capital, Lusaka is bracing for more of the same as poor urban planning exacerbates the effects of changing weather patterns.

'I don't want to die' in South Africa floods
BBC World Service | 31 Jan 2011
A thick stench fills the air, there is no proper sewage system in the South African township of Themba Khoza - heavy floods have destroyed all the make-shift drains and bacteria infected water is flowing through the tiny pathways between the shacks. Residents of the informal settlement north of Johannesburg are bracing themselves for more floods.

KENYA: Mapping Kibera to improve living conditions
IRIN News | 07 Jan 2011
It is one of the most densely populated districts of Kenyas capital and one of the most researched urban areas in Africa. Hundreds, if not thousands, of NGOs work there, serving a community estimated to number anywhere between 100,000 and a million. Yet, until recently, the sprawling slum of Kibera barely featured on any detailed maps.

Africa warned of 'slum' cities danger as its population passes 1bn
Guardian Unlimited | 24 Nov 2010
Lagos to overtake Cairo as largest urban area by 2015. Africa has joined India and China as the third region of the world to reach a population of 1 billion people, and it is expected to double its numbers by 2050, the UN says. By then, there will be three times as many people living in Africa's cities, and the continent that had fewer than 500,000 urban dwellers in 1950 may have 1.3 billion.

Egypt: Fishing in the Sewer
AllAfrica.com | 31 Dec 2009
After four hours on the Nile in a rowboat with his two sons, fisher Hussein Abdel Malek tallies the morning catch: a plastic water bottle, an empty juice box, a half dozen plastic bags and two small tilapia.

Egypt | Fisheries | Pollution | Urban Areas

AFRICA: Urbanisation, poverty reduction take centre-stage in ACP conference
IRIN News | 29 Jun 2009
More than 200 delegates have arrived in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, for the first joint conference of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group of Countries (ACP) focusing on the challenges of urbanisation and poverty reduction for millions of slum dwellers.

Poverty Reduction | Urban Areas

Zambia: Lessons Can Be Drawn From Singapore in the Bid to Keep the Country Clean And Healthy
AllAfrica.com | 19 Jul 2007
FINALLY, there is national recognition about the need to keep the environment clean. All too well!

Zambia | Urban Areas | Urban Environment | Urban Planning | Urban Pollution

La lutte contre l'insalubrité : une nécessité
Potentiel | 28 Jun 2007
Les habitants de Kinshasa vivent dans un environnement malsain.

Congo | the Democratic Republic of the | Sanitation | Urban Areas

Yaoundé : La municipalité noie le poisson impropre à la consommation
Mutation | 28 Jun 2007
La communauté urbaine interdit la pêche dans les eaux polluées du lac municipal.

Frw 810m for urban water and sanitation - The New Times
The New Times | 26 Jun 2007
The United Nations through its UN habitat program has earmarked a total of US$1.5m (about frw810 million) to urban areas with water shortages and poor sanitation.

Toilette salvatrice au marché du Mfoundi
Cameroon Tribune | 25 Jun 2007
La journée dhier était consacrée au grand nettoyage dans ce marché, dans le cadre de lassainissement de la capitale.

Cameroon | Sanitation | Urban Areas | Urban Environment | Urban Planning

Yaoundé : Le Mfoundi dans un cul de sac
Mutation | 20 Jun 2007
Le cours d'eau est obstrué à la sortie de la ville par des déchets plastiques.

Delegates praise Kigali cleanliness - The New Times
The New Times | 20 Jun 2007
Delegates attending the fourth 2007 HIV/Aids Implementers meeting have been overwhelmed by the cleanliness of Kigali City.

Rwanda | Sanitation | Urban Areas | Urban Environment

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