On this page you can find shorts stories with links to recent WatSan (Water & Sanitation) news in the media.

A selection of top headlines from http://allafrica.com/, which publishes
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* Tanzania: Kisarawe Residents Use Untreated Drinking Water *
 ALMOST 85 per cent of Kisarawe residents in Coast region do not treat
 drinking water, a baseline survey by the National Institute for
 Medical Research (NIMR) has revealed.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201204060908.html

* Kenya: Mombasa Residents Can Now Pay Water Bill Via M-Pesa *
 Mombasa residents will now be able to pay their water bills via M-pesa
 after the Mombasa Water Supply and Sanitation Company and Safaricom
 launched the water M-pesa paybill system yesterday.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201204060156.html

* Uganda: Museveni Consents to Karuma Dam Bids Amidst Graft Claims *
 As sleuths continue to probe bribery allegations into the tendering
 process of the multi-billion Karuma hydropower dam, The Observer has
 learnt that President Museveni last week ordered Energy and Mineral
 Development minister Irene Muloni to ensure that the contracts
 evaluation committee completes its work as soon as possible.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201204061045.html

* Tanzania: Govt, India to Execute Drip Irrigation Project *
 TANZANIA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with India
 based Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd (JISL) for implementation of drip
 irrigation project to be executed in 24 areas countrywide.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201204060882.html

* Ghana: Wateraid Ghana Outdoors Wash Ambassadors *
 WaterAid Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation dedicated to the
 provision of safe drinking water, has outdoored seven personalities as
 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Ambassadors to help promote water
 safety in Ghana.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201204060933.html

* Zambia: Kabwe Typhoid Cases Soar *
 THE number of typhoid cases in Kabwe has increased from 16 on Tuesday
 this week to 76, raising concern among Government and health
 personnel.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201204061076.html

* Ethiopia: Arda Constructs Irrigation Dam *
 An irrigation dam project launched by the Amhara Rehabilitation
 Development Agency (ARDA) in Basona worena woreda of North Shoa Zone
 of Amhara State at a cost of more than 3.6 million birr has been
 completed.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201204060883.html

* Ethiopia: Potable Water Project in Progress in Aykel Town *
 The construction of potable water project launched in Aykel town of
 North Gondar Zone of the Amhara State at a cost of 90 million birr is
 well in progress.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201204060880.html

* Tanzania: Water Pollution Threatens Lake Victoria *
 EXPERTS say pollution and environmental degradation has led to the
 extinction of a large number of fish species in Lake Victoria over the
 last four decades. Fish in Lake Victoria was plundered at an alarming
 rate calling for urgent steps to save marine life in the Lake.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201204060558.html

* Zimbabwe: Adequately Fund Irrigation, Fiscal Authorities Told *
 VICE President Joice Mujuru has challenged fiscal authorities to
 provide adequate funding for
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201204060433.html

* Zimbabwe: Zinwa to Implement On New Projects *
 The Zimbabwe National Water Authority is set to embark on aquaculture
 and water-bottling ventures that would increase its revenue streams
 and ensure maximum utilisation of the majority of water bodies which
 currently are lying idle. The two new ventures were born out of the
 realisation that Zinwa cannot fund all its activities from the current
 revenue streams and neither can it afford to remain keeping under-
 utilised water bodies across the country.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201204060180.html

* Congo-Kinshasa: Cholera Soars, Says UN *
 Cholera cases have soared in the Democratic Republic of Congo in
 recent weeks, the UN said on Friday, bringing the number of people
 infected in the year-long outbreak to 22,000 with 584 deaths.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201201271556.html

* Africa: Americans Embark On a 7,000 Mile in Pursuit of Clean Water *
 Walk4Water, a non-profit organization committed to raising awareness
 and funds for clean water in developing countries, is set to embark
 on a two year, 7,000 mile mission across the continent to achieve
 their goal.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201201261599.html

* Africa: African Union Research Grants - 2012 Open Call for Proposals *
 The African Union Commission is seeking proposals for research
 focusing on the following thematic priorities articulated in Africa's
 Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA) and its
 Lighthouse Projects: (a) Post-harvest and Agriculture, (b) Renewable
 and Sustainable Energy, and (c) Water and Sanitation in Africa.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201201271028.html

* Sudan: Camp Leader Denies Water Shortage Result of Reduced Share of
 Fuel to Oxfam *
 A camp leader at Square 7 in Kalma internally displaced persons camp
 in South Darfur has denied the statements made by a camp resident on
 Tuesday that the government reduced the share of fuel granted to Oxfam
 to transport water.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201201270962.html

* Liberia: Wash Compact Finally Signed *
 President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has finally signed the much talked
 about Liberia WASH Compact which was developed at the Multi Donor
 Conference on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) held at the S.K.D
 Spokes Complex in Paynesville, outside Monrovia last year May. The
 Liberia WASH Compact is a product of the Sanitation and Water for All
 (SWA) Partnership aimed at ensuring that the Liberian population can
 have adequate access to safe water and improved sanitation facilities.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201201270739.html

* Nigeria: Gombe to Spend N4.5 Billion On Erosion, Water *
 The Gombe State government has awarded contracts worth about N4.5
 billion for the execution of projects that are aimed at tackling water
 shortage and gully erosion in Gombe metropolis and environs.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201201270666.html

* Nigeria: Why Past Govts Failed to Provide Water in Ekiti, By
 Governor's Aide *
 Special Adviser to the Ekiti State Governor on Infrastructure and
 Public Utilities Mr. Kayode Jegede, has said that efforts of past
 administrations to improve water supply in the state failed because of
 alleged poor implementation and politicization of the programme.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201201270572.html

* Rwanda: Poor Sanitation in Hospitals Irks Minister Binagwaho *
 The Minister of Health, Dr Agnes Binagwaho, has issued a three-month
 ultimatum to all hospitals in the country to have constructed enough
 toilets or face heavy punitive measures.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201201270240.html

* Rwanda: Cattle Keepers to Get Clean Water *
 The Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) has
 embarked on an exercise to help cattle keepers in the Eastern Province
 get constant supply of clean water.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201201270136.html

* Zimbabwe: Growing Risk of Waterborne Diseases in Rural Areas *
 Barbra Phiri, 20, a single mother living on a farm settlement in rural
 Mhondoro, about 45km southwest of the Zimbabwean capital Harare, does
 not think twice about letting her two-year-old twins splash about in a
 pool of greenish water close to her hut.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201201031876.html

* Tanzania: Improve Waste Disposal *
 Waste management is given low-priority attention, with authorities
 swinging into short-lived action only when life-threatening disease
 outbreaks occur and kill people by dozens in short-spell sweeps.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201201031737.html

* Liberia: LNRCS Promises Improved Watsan Facilities 2012 *
 The Liberia National Red Cross Society (LNRCS) Health and Care
 Department says it remains committed to enhancing water and sanitation
 facilities in vulnerable communities throughout the Country. According
 to LNRCS WASH monitor, Walka Davies, with financial and technical
 supports from the ICRC and the IFRC they are well position to
 addressing the water and sanitation needs of the vulnerable
 population. The LNRCS WASH monitor termed the water and sanitation
 program in 2011 as very successful given the level of achievements in
 the counties of operations.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201201031300.html