Rain waters

Water management

AFRICA: States commit to the UN Water Programme of Action

Water management

Murielle Elouga: “Women must be at the heart of integrated water management

Rain waters

AFRICA: rainwater harvesting and aquifer recharge in the face of water stress

Flood and drought risk

NIGERIA: Flooding and development work around the River Niger

Water management

MOROCCO: ABHS launches a 30-year plan for the management of the Sebou water resources

Water management

NAMIBIA: $5.5m for earth dams to address flooding in the north

Mountains, rivers and streams

BENIN/TOGO: A sanitation operation will allow the cleaning of the Gbaga channel

Agroécology

MALI: €12 million from BOAD to rehabilitate farmland in the face of flooding

Flood and drought risk

Ivory Coast: Paru launched in Yopougon in response to flooding and pollution

Rain waters

CHAD: Switzerland supports stormwater management

Flood and drought risk

SENEGAL: In Dakar, the water retention basin will be modernised to cope with flooding

Climate Finance

AFRICA: €2.25m from the EU for flood resilience in three countries

Flood and drought risk

SOUTH AFRICA: $17m to reduce flooding in the Western Cape

Flood and drought risk

NIGERIA: Violent floods cause the death of 600 people

Flood and drought risk

BENIN: Faced with flooding in cities, IDA grants a $200 million loan

Flood and drought risk

GAMBIA: Kanifing to get new drainage system to combat flooding

Flood and drought risk

CAMEROON: AfDB Grants US$ 23.7 Million for Storm Water Drainage in Yaoundé

Industrial Impacts

SOUTH AFRICA: Biodiversity at risk after mining dam collapse

Rain waters

SENEGAL: Work to improve rainwater drainage in Touba

Flood and drought risk

SENEGAL: In Matam, people warned about the Senegal River flooding

Economy & climate

MOROCCO: Faced with coastal erosion, the World Bank supports climate resilience

Collective sanitation

CAMEROON: Yaoundé Complementary Sanitation Project to be launched in 2023