Water vendors in the arid Ouaddai district of Chad travel back and forth between meagre supplies and needy folk in town

Acute water scarcity has hit Lokoja and its environs following the shutdown of the greater Lokoja water treatment plant by the state government since March 27.

After two decades of little or no maintenance of municipal sewerage plants, corruption and indifference, South Africans are vulnerable to medieval, waterborne diseases and something even more serio

As water supplies in Ghana's capital grew increasingly erratic, Beatrice Kabuki stopped customers from using her grocery store's bathrooms and installed a plastic storage tank at her home.

WINDHOEK residents have failed to reduce their use of water since January this year, adding to fears that the city's taps could run dry.

England is set to run short of water within 25 years, the chief executive of the Environment Agency has warned.

Country's water footprint is 3,000 litres per day, highest in the globe, says report

Kenya is prioritizing the construction of reservoirs in order to reverse water scarcity, officials said on Wednesday.

The pressure to keep water in the taps of historic Makhanda remains high as authorities deal with infrastructure challenges and acts of vandalism.

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved €64.7 million loan from French development agency for a national urban water sector reform project in Kano state.