Unlocking seismic data could aid the search for fresh groundwater in Africa, where water scarcity affects two-thirds of the ...

Rwanda, alongside Cameroon, Ghana, Malawi, Ethiopia, and Uganda are set to benefit from a project to improve access to water in rural areas under the Empower Wash-Africa II programme, running from ...

South Africa faces growing risks as government failures have led to wastewater contamination of its freshwater sources. Numerous Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTWs) are collapsing, causing an ...

While Johannesburg residents face water outages over the weekend due to maintenance, Cape Town residents will be in a similar ...

AS Africa increasingly contends with severe water scarcity, there is growing recognition that water, not just energy, will dominate the sustainability conversation in the years ahead. South Africa, ...

Researchers have assembled a map of strontium, a naturally occurring element, across sub-Saharan Africa. These data can be compared with strontium levels measured in human remains to more ...

The Department is responsible for the coordination of the Bank’s water development and sanitation-related activities to enhance synergies and contribute to achievement of all High5s (Power and Light ...

February 3, 2025 • Many Africans were caught off guard by the abrupt halt to U.S. foreign aid, stopping money flowing for wide-ranging projects like disease response, girls' education and free ...

There is sure to be some grumbling about Lesotho's government when the country's citizens learn of the price South Africa pays each year for the delivery of 780 million cubic meters of Lesotho water.

The problem has many aspects, such as Africa’s massive reliance on combustible fuels and oil economies, or reluctance to fund African decarbonisation. But one area deserves more attention: water.

Cities in the Northeast experienced record-breaking drought conditions in the second half of 2024 after a hot, dry summer in many areas. Wildfires broke out in several states that rarely see them.