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Wetlands in the Nile Basin
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(አማርኛ) ከፍተኛ ዝናብ በስድስት ሳምንታት የ46 ሰዎች ህይወትን ቀጥፏል
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Five killed in Tana River flooding
The death toll in the floods in parts of Tana River County in Kenya has risen to five after three days of heavy rains. Yesterday morning at Bilbil on the Bura-Garissa highway, a seasonal river flowing into Tana River swept away two children who were swimming in a canal in the Bura Irrigation Scheme. The […]
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Nile Basin countries need a deal on the river and the water
More than 300 million people rely on the waters of the River Nile. The Nile river basin contains over 10 per cent of Africa’s landmass, in 11 countries: Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Egypt, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea and Kenya. Many of these countries rely almost exclusively on the Nile […]
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Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt talks on Renaissance dam fail to progress
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan failed to make progress over the impact of Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on water share of downstream countries on Thursday in Khartoum. In the embedded article, Ethiopian Reporter Newspaper learnt from an Ethiopian foreign affairs office’s high official that the talk ended without any breakthrough because Egypt disagree with the […]
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Land Degradation Undermines Well-Being of 3.2 Billion People
IPBES Media Team(IPBES) Worsening land degradation caused by human activities is undermining the well-being of two fifths of humanity, driving species extinctions and intensifying climate change. It is also a major contributor to mass human migration and increased conflict, according to the world’s first comprehensive evidence-based assessment of land degradation and restoration. The dangers of […]
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Nairobi Might Head the Cape Town Way, Says Assessment by Down To Earth Magazine
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) March 21, 2018 Warning bells have been sounded by Down To Earth, the magazine that Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) helps publish, on this year’s World Water Day (today) – many of the world’s leading cities will see Cape Town-like water crisis in the not too distant future. […]
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IHE Delft Boosts Sustainable Water Services Management in Uganda’s Small Towns
Saphira Nahabwe Some water wells and streams in drier villages of north and north-eastern Uganda are drying up again. But, a number of families in these villages are not worried. For, they will no longer depend on vagaries of these water resources to meet their water needs. Now, National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has […]
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Japan Extends Support to Drought Hit Somalia and Central African Republic
Africa Newsroom The Government of Japan has extended Emergency Grant Aid of nine million US dollars for the persons living under the severe humanitarian situation caused by conflict and drought in Somalia and Central African Republic. This Emergency Grant Aid is to provide humanitarian assistance for Somalia and Central African Republic which suffer from the […]
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Northern Uganda: Water Wars Flare Up As Drought Hits Hard
PAMACC News Agency Over one thousand Karamojong pastoralists facing severe starvation in Northern Uganda have been accused of destroying crops belonging to local farmers within parts of the region, as they move around with their livestock in search of water and greener pastures. According to Paul Lopuk, the community head of pastoralists in Karamoja, the […]