Zimbabwe’s Unsafe Water Brings Threat of Waterborne Disease

Jennifer Madongonda, 43, shares a seven-roomed house with three other families in the low-income suburb of Budiriro, about 15km southwest of the Zimbabwean capital, Harare. Seven months ago the municipality cut off water supply because they couldn’t...

Beyond Chad’s Cholera Emergency

Temporary thatch-walled latrines marked “Oxfam-GB” in green letters line a schoolyard in the southern Chadian town of Bongor. The NGO put them up as part of an interagency response to a cholera epidemic: along with emergency beds and intravenous equipment...

President Jacob Zuma Says It is Unacceptable That Most Rural Communities in South Africa Lack Clean Water

It is unacceptable that most rural communities still do not have access to clean water, says South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma. Zuma, who was speaking during the official launch of the upgrade of the Nsezi Water treatment plant in Richards Bay...

African Development Bank Pledges $35m in Humanitarian, Budgetary Support for Zimbabwe

The Tunis-based African Development Bank (AfDB) has pledged more than $35 million in humanitarian and budgetary assistance to Zimbabwe, according to figures the Ministry of Finance released Monday. Of the amount pledged, $20 million is for budgetary support...