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Week of Action Against Water Privatization in Africa with Geoffrey Ocansey

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Podcast Week of Action Against Water Privatization in Africa Episode 1 | 29:30 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. Share: Recent Post ul […]

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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 from 9-15 October 2023, has

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

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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 comprised activists and trade unionists

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

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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 water sources in commemoration of

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World Bank Responds To Alleged Involvement In Nigeria’s Water Resources Bill

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The World Bank’s Global Director for Climate Change, Jennifer Sara, has said that the World Bank is indifferent about ownership of the water supply infrastructure in any country it deals with as long as it is clean, safe and delivered “at an affordable price.” She said this while interacting with journalists at an interview session

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Lagos Market Women lament the cost of water on their businesses

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Market Women in Lagos, especially women, have lamented the huge cost they expend on water to ensure their produce remains fresh and marketable to consumers. Lamenting the fact that they must patronize private water vendors to fill the gap, they told members of the African Women Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Network (AWWASHNet) that they want

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AFRIQUE : les communautés africaines élèvent la voix contre la privatisation de l’eau

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Les communautés touchées et celles qui sont menacées par la privatisation de l’eau à travers l’Afrique ont appelé les gouvernements africains à abandonner la privatisation de l’eau et à rendre les systèmes d’eau privatisés aux localités pour une gestion abordable et équitable. Les communautés locales au Nigeria, au Mozambique, au Sénégal, au Ghana, au Cameroun,

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