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Water & Sanitation

Water finance, resource protection challenge in West Africa

As the clock ticks towards 2015 when United Nations member states are expected to reduce by half the proportion of people without access to...

Michael Simire - July 14, 2013

Water & Sanitation

Nigerian, other African journalists explore water financing

Twenty journalists from Nigeria and nine other West African countries on Monday commenced a weeklong capacity building/training on water financing and protection within the...

Michael Simire - July 1, 2013

Water & Sanitation

Thirst of a nation

Water is an essential resource for human existence and survival. Over the past century, the use of water has been growing at more than twice...

Michael Simire - April 16, 2013

Water & Sanitation

UN agencies launch plan to curb pneumonia, diarrhoea

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have launched a new action plan, tackling for the first time two...

Michael Simire - April 16, 2013

Water & Sanitation

Water journalists meet in Dakar

The Third bi-Annual General Meeting of the West Africa Water and Sanitation Journalists (WASH-JN) holds in Dakar, Senegal, April 8-10, 2013. About 28 media executives reporting...

Michael Simire - April 4, 2013

Water & Sanitation

World Water Day 2013: WASH journalists urge govt to fulfill commitments

The Water and Sanitation Media Network, a coalition of journalists reporting water and sanitation issues in Nigeria, has called on the Federal Government to accelerate access...

Michael Simire - March 21, 2013

Water & Sanitation

WaterAid: 210 million more Africans lack access to sanitation than in 1990

African Governments are failing to keep their funding promises on sanitation, a new WaterAid report has revealed. The report warns that unless investment is increased,...

Michael Simire - March 6, 2013

Water & Sanitation

Kpeyegyi: Close to power but far from safe water

Living in Kpeyegyi community, one of the several satellite communities of Abuja, is really challenging. The community is not only close to the nation’s seat...

Michael Simire - January 25, 2013

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