A landmark climate case is being heard by the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. The request was brought by the Pan African Lawyers Union and other African civil society organizations.

Nigeria and the rest of Africa require between $45 billion and $50 billion annually to achieve universal access to clean water and sanitation under Sustainable Development Goal. Fresh data from the ...

Leading African diplomats, environmental advocates and policy experts have warned that clean water could become a luxury ...

The SAHRC inquiry into Gauteng’s water crisis exposes municipal mismanagement and systemic failures, revealing the human rights violations faced by vulnerable residents.

As climate crises deepen, Africa must turn its hard-won experience and local knowledge into global leadership on climate, ...

Africa's development ambitions will remain out of reach unless governments, businesses, and citizens work together to address the continent's water and sanitation challenges, says the Chairman of the ...

Almost half the water that enters South Africa’s delivery network is lost to leaks and theft or is not paid for by customers, a government audit finds. Amazon agrees to pay $20.5 million to settle ...

The 24 Cuban engineers the South African government has imported to help fix its water crisis are not allowed to carry out engineering work unless supervised.

A functioning water pump in Malawi. Courtesy Michael Caterina. In rural sub-Saharan Africa, access to clean drinking water often depends on a simple technology: the handpump. These manually operated ...