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March 23,2024

110 million Nigerians lack safe drinking water — Report

Over 400 million people in Africa and 110 million in Nigeria lack access to the basic right to safe drinkable water. The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) made the declaration on Saturday to mark International Water Day. It expressed worry over the poor access to water by millions…

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March 23,2024

World Water Day: 113 Million Nigerians Deprived Of Drinkable Water — CAPPA

A Pan-African organisation, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has decried poor access to water by millions of people in Africa and Nigeria in particular. The organisation said over 400 million people in Africa and 110 million in Nigeria were deprived of the basic right to safe drinkable water…

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March 23,2024

Over eight million Lagosians lack access to good water – CSO

Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa has said over eight million Lagos state residents still lack access to potable water due to inaccessibility to good water on privatisation. The Chief Executive Officer of CAPPA, Akinbode Oluwafemi, made this known on Friday while commemorating the annual World Water Day under this…

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October 19,2023

Coalition of Civil Societies vows to resist moves to privatise water sector n African communities

Says World Bank, IMF, behind privatization project As African countries observe Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatization, the Coalition of Civil Societies and activists have vowed to resist the commercialization of access to water. The activists made the disclosure at a press conference on Monday in Lagos to mark…

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October 14,2023

Week of Action Against Water Privatization in Africa with Fatou Diouf

Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatisation with Fatou Diouf Week of Action Against Water Privatization in Africa with Fatou Diouf Fatou Diouf, Project Coordinator for French-speaking Africa, Public Services International, exposes the impacts of water privatization on workers.

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October 14,2023

Yaounde: African Centre for Advocacy Celebrates Water Week, urges fight against Privatisation

The African Centre for Advocacy, ACA has commemorated this year’s Africa Water Week with a call for collective efforts in fighting the privatisation of water sources. This was during a sensitisation program that was carried out at Champions International Bilingual Secondary and High School, Nkolfoulou, Yaounde, this October The Advocacy…

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October 14,2023

Africa Water Week: ACA Campaigns To Protect Africa’s Water From Corporate Capture

ACA team handing buckets to Champions International Bilingual Secondary and High School, Nkolfoulou, Soa students In commemorating this year’s Africa Water Week, the African Center for Advocacy, ACA in line with this year’s theme, is campaigning against corporate capture of Africa’s water. Celebrations to mark the Africa Water Week in…

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October 10,2023

Coalition of NGOs cautions African leaders over water privatization

As activists across Africa mark this year’s Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatization, a coalition of civil society and labour activists have decried attempts to commercialize and privatize water on the continent. The Our Water, Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) at this year’s event, which is the third called…

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October 09,2023

Our Water, Our Right: African communities, workers, and civil society join hands across continent urging regional leaders to stave off water privatisation threats

This week, civil society and labour activists are urging African leaders to be the bulwark against a rising tide of threats to communities’ access to water, with particular attention to the insidious threats that water privatisation and corporate capture pose to the human right to water. The Our Water, Our…

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October 05,2023

Week of Action Against Water Privatization in Africa with Oumar Ba

Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatisation with Oumar Ba Week of Action Against Water Privatization in Africa with Oumar Ba Environmental Engineer and General Secretary of the Trade Union of Workers in the Area of Water in Senegal, Oumar BA, shares insights on the imperative of democratic management of water in Africa

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October 05,2023

Week of Action Against Water Privatization in Africa with Gideon Muya

Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatisation with Gideon Muya Week of Action Against Water Privatization in Africa with Gideon Muya Gideon Muya, a member of the Biodiversity and Biosafety Association, Kenya, discusses Kenya’s Water Crisis.

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October 05,2023

Week of Action Against Water Privatization in Africa with Geoffrey Ocansey

Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatisation with Geoffrey Ocansey Week of Action Against Water Privatization in Africa with Geoffrey Ocansey Geoffrey Ocansey, Convenor, Water Citizens Network, speaks on the forthcoming Africa Water Week of Action 2023. He discusses the state of access to water in Africa, especially Ghana.

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October 04,2023

Third Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatisation to Deepen Pushback Against World Bank, IMF

Civil society and labour activists from Africa campaigning against water privatisation will organise the third edition of the Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatisation from 9-15 October 2023. The week of action, which coincides with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings holding in Marrakech, Morocco…

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March 23,2023

On World Water Day, African leaders urged to ‘accelerate change’ from privatisation, false solutions

In commemoration of World Water Day 2023, civil society, labour and community activists, leading the Our Water, Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC), yesterday, called on local, national and regional leaders to heed the lessons of history by dumping the false solution of water privatisation under any guise. The coalition, which…

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March 23,2023

World Water Day 2023: African Center for Advocacy Mobilizes Youths to Accelerate Change

By Ikome Christie-Noella Eposi in Buea Under the theme “Accelerating Change”, the African Center for Advocacy in partnership with the Clean Water and Sanitation Africa have created positive impacts in the Bokwai community, Buea town and other communities in Buea as they mobilized some youth volunteers in Buea to clean-up…

110 million Nigerians lack safe drinking water — Report

World Water Day: 113 Million Nigerians Deprived Of Drinkable Water — CAPPA

Over eight million Lagosians lack access to good water – CSO

Coalition of Civil Societies vows to resist moves to privatise water sector n African communities

Week of Action Against Water Privatization in Africa with Fatou Diouf

Yaounde: African Centre for Advocacy Celebrates Water Week, urges fight against Privatisation

Africa Water Week: ACA Campaigns To Protect Africa’s Water From Corporate Capture

Coalition of NGOs cautions African leaders over water privatization

Our Water, Our Right: African communities, workers, and civil society join hands across continent urging regional leaders to stave off water privatisation threats

Week of Action Against Water Privatization in Africa with Oumar Ba

Week of Action Against Water Privatization in Africa with Gideon Muya

Week of Action Against Water Privatization in Africa with Geoffrey Ocansey

Third Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatisation to Deepen Pushback Against World Bank, IMF

On World Water Day, African leaders urged to ‘accelerate change’ from privatisation, false solutions

World Water Day 2023: African Center for Advocacy Mobilizes Youths to Accelerate Change

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