Tanzania: Dar es Salaam Set to Get Three New Sewage Ponds - Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Corporation (Dawasco) will build three modern sewage treatment ponds for the city's domestic and industrial waste matter. [AA Urbanisation]

Zimbabwe: Bulawayo's Ticking Health Time Bomb - BULAWAYO is sitting on a health time bomb amid reports that its water treatment plants and sewer systems need urgent rehabilitation. [AA Urbanisation]

Angola: Angola, UN Create Scheme to Improve Water And Sanitation Management - The State secretary for Waters, Luís Filipe da Silva, Thursday in Luanda revealed that his department and the United Nations (UN) created a system which comprises the development of water and sanitary services. [AA Urbanisation]

Kenya: Mombasa Public Raises a Stink Over Rubbish Piles - Mombasa council has come under sharp criticism for dumping garbage in open spaces. [AA Urbanisation]

Zimbabwe: Major Cities' Sewage Plants to Be Upgraded - GOVERNMENT will soon embark on the rehabilitation and upgrading of water and sewage plants in the country's main cities and towns to meet demands of the growing urban population. [AA Urbanisation]

Nigeria: FCTA Warns Against Dumping of Construction Waste - The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC)through its Department of Development Control, has warned property developers on illegal dumping of construction/ renovation waste. [AA Construction]

Zimbabwe: Municipality Gets U.S.$40 000 Donation - Chegutu Municipality has received US$40 000 from a non governmental organisation -- Concern -- to repair the town's collapsed sewer in the oldest suburbs of Chegutu and Pfupajena. [AA Urbanisation]

Liberia: The Crusaders - Against-Garbage And Now Crime - The two women stood in the midst of the crowd, an all too familiar scene now, to which they are accustomed. [AA Urbanisation]

Ghana: Irritating Irritants And Eye Sores - We have been made to believe that Ghana,is the gateway to West Africa, what with the relative peace and tranquility that has characterized socio-economic as well as political life within the sub-region.

Yet it also holds true that Ghana is fast become one huge cauldron of decadence and degenerate behaviour, with filth becoming the national belt of unity traversing every strata of society. Ordinarily, this assertion would be dismissed even by yours truly as a notch too harsh on the good people of this country.

However, recent developments on the social and environmental front give great cause for alarm while exposing our shameful penchant for mediocrity and lack of proper supervision. A few examples would suffice in this instance. [AA Urbanisation]

Unicef Agrees to Drill Boreholes At UZ - Unicef Agrees to Drill Boreholes At UZ - A UNITED Nations agency has saved the Zimbabwe government from further embarrassment after it emerged that five of the eleven boreholes at the University of Zimbabwe have been contaminated with human waste prompting authorities to delay opening the college twice in the same semester. [All Africa : Zimbabwe] [AA Zimbabwe]

Nigeria: Sokoto Battles Poor Sanitation - The sanitary condition of parts of the Sokoto state capital has been source of concern to many. Rubbish of all sorts overwhelmed some areas in the metropolis, which gave an appalling face-paint unfit for the state capital. [AA Urbanisation]

South Africa: RDP Renovations Blamed for Infrastructure Collapse - The unlawful renovation of RDP houses in Du Noon township is placing strain on the already creaking infrastructure, causing sewage spillages and storm water drain blockages, says the City of Cape Town. [AA Urbanisation]

Ghana: Accra Becoming Even More Filthier - The rains are here again, and this season might just be the dawn of a beautiful beginning for the farming community in the country, and a nightmare for urban dwellers, due to the perennial floods that hit parts of the city each year. [AA Urbanisation]

South Africa: Rubbish Piles Up in Du Noon Tender Row - Rubbish is piling up in the streets of Du Noon township and the adjacent Doornbach informal settlement due to a row over who will get jobs under a new City of Cape Town waste removal tender. [AA Urbanisation]

Gazans struggle for clean drinking water
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - As environmental experts, non-governmental organizations and government officials gather in Istanbul this week to attend the Fifth World Water Forum, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has drawn attention to the critical water situation in Gaza. "ICRC teams are repairing water and sewage systems in Gaza that were badly damaged during the three-week Israeli military operation in January," the ICRC says in a media release. [Palestine]