Villagers Become ‘Water Scavengers’
For the last 13 years, Trynos Mbweku, the headman of Mwenezi district in southeastern Zimbabwe, has had to use a cart to fetch water from the only remaining borehole in his area, which lies some 10 kilometres from his home. (more…)
Water Shortage Hits Pacific Women
The Solomon Islands, a developing island nation in the south-west Pacific Islands, has one of the highest urbanisation rates in the region, and the …
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Peace and Dead Sea at a New Low
This is the second of a two-part report on environmental and political issues over the proposal to feed the Dead Sea with water from the Red Sea.
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More Dead Than Red
This is the first of a two-part report on environmental and political issues over the proposal to feed the Dead Sea with water from the Red Sea.
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Sierra Leone’s Waters of Life
A coastal city, Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, is an area where people have relied on the ocean for food and employment for as long …
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