World Water Day Archives - Africa Water Week of Action

Coalition of NGOs cautions African leaders over water privatization

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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 for concerted efforts to resist …

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

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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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