The Niger Delta is under water. The Nigerian President estimates that 25% of the country’s population has been displaced by the recent floods. That is 40 million people. To give some way to comprehend these figures, that is 1,000 times the number of people displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in   Read More ...

Government investment, rather than privatisation or international aid, offers the best solution for water services in Ghana. Seventy percent of Ghanaian homes don’t have a WC or a pit latrine. Piped water, if you have it at all, is intermittent, so water in your tap depends on whether you can   Read More ...

In Africa, groundwater is the major source of drinking water and its use for irrigation is forecast to increase substantially to combat growing food insecurity. Despite this, there is little quantitative information on groundwater resources in Africa, and groundwater storage is consequently omitted from assessments of freshwater availability. Here we   Read More ...

We, African organizations at the Alternative World Water Forum, in Marseille from 14 to 17 March 2012, Given the growing pressures of the multinational corporations on the water resources in Africa, Given the privatization of the public water supply sector and that of the water distribution companies in Africa, Given   Read More ...