World Water Day

March 26,2026

OWORAC renews call for govts to reject water privatisation

Our Water, Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) has reiterated its earlier call on African governments and peoples to reject water privatisation. While joining communities across the globe in commemorating World Water Day, whose theme this year is ‘Water and Gender’, it described the ‘public-private partnerships’ as false solutions to the challenges…

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March 24,2026

World Water Day: Water Privatisation a Threat to Women and Girls, OWORAC Warns African Governments

The Our Water, Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) joins communities across the globe in commemorating World Water Day, in recognition of the centrality of this life-affirming resource to our lives and the tremendous strides needed to fulfil and protect the human right to water for all people. This year’s theme,…

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March 22,2025

Climate Crisis no Excuse to Privatise Public Water, Says Water Justice Coalition

As the world marks World Water Day 2025, the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) has called for urgent action to safeguard Africa’s water resources from what it describes as the twin threats of climate change and water privatisation. In a statement released on Friday, the coalition called on…

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March 25,2024

World Water Day: 113 Million Nigerians lack access to drinkable Water

A Pan-African organization, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has bemoaned the fact that millions of people in Africa and Nigeria in particular lack access to drinkable water. 400 million people in Africa and 110 million in Nigeria are currently deprived of the basic right to safe drinkable water…

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March 24,2024

CAPPA asks state governments to solve water inaccessibility in Nigeria

Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on state governments to solve water inaccessibility in Nigeria. In an address to commemorate World Water Day 2024, Oluwafemi Akinbode, CAPPA’s executive director, noted that over 400 million people across Africa still lack access to safe drinking water. Akinbode spoke on…

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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 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 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…

OWORAC renews call for govts to reject water privatisation

World Water Day: Water Privatisation a Threat to Women and Girls, OWORAC Warns African Governments

Climate Crisis no Excuse to Privatise Public Water, Says Water Justice Coalition

World Water Day: 113 Million Nigerians lack access to drinkable Water

CAPPA asks state governments to solve water inaccessibility in Nigeria

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 NGOs cautions African leaders over water privatization

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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