Water Scarcity

MOGADISHU, Somalia The UK government is providing £8 million for humanitarian support to Somalis affected by the current drought. The funds will go towards providing food security, nutrition, clean water, basic health services and livestock vaccination. The…

Somalia's aid community has been caught off guard by severe drought conditions and growing food insecurity, and now says time is ticking to raise awareness of a looming crisis. "This is a little bit of an unanticipated shock," said Justin Brady, head of the …

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Coca-Cola Company announced today that it will maintain its majority stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa for the foreseeable future. With the change, Coca-Cola will begin presenting the financial statements of CCBA within …

analysisWhen it comes to developing technological solutions to the world's problems, social processes matter as much as the scientific ones. Wastewater reuse projects in various parts of the globe provide a useful example of this reality. Wastewater is water…

If anybody knows how fraught the worlds of business and politics can be, it would be Western Cape premier-elect Alan Winde: after all, he has extensive experience in both. However, leading the Democratic Alliance’s 2019 election campaign in the Western Cape …

Turkey's helping hand to African and Asian countries embattled with drought and water shortages is embodied in water wells drilled by charities. A Turkish charity now plans to open 5,000 wells by 2020 on the two continents. The Vuslat Association already open…

Many people worry that even properly treated wastewater will make them ill if they wash with or drink it. AHMED JALLANZO/EPA When it comes to developing technological solutions to the world’s problems, social processes matter as much as the scientific ones. W…

By Nicky Milne And Jeong-One ParkWajir — As day breaks over the sandy stretch of Kenyan desert, Salah Abdinoor Issack finishes his dawn prayers and will now spend the hours until sunrise with his closest companions - his camels. Issack, his grey beard tinged…

By Adela SulimanWajir — Camel milk has been dubbed "white gold" by food experts who say it could help conquer malnutrition and diabetes As day breaks over the sandy stretch of Kenyan desert, Salah Abdinoor Issack finishes his dawn prayers and will now spend …

New Delhi (CNN)Hundreds of empty plastic jugs wait in rows on the cracked, dry, dusty earth. Hovering expectantly nearby, the residents of Vasant Kunj slum in South Delhi, one of the city's largest and poorest, stand waiting for a government water tanker to a…