Search Results for: water and sanitation hygiene
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Features
‘Nowhere to Shit’: Conflict, Flight, and Lagos’s Toilet Crisis
From Zaria to Lagos, Yakubu spent three days. Along the way, he hoped, ate, and even stepped aside to relieve…
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News
As Thousands of Sudanese Refugees Troop into Chad, EU Upscales Humanitarian Aid
Following the halt of the United States’ financial aid, the European Union has committed to significantly enhancing its humanitarian assistance…
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Armed Violence
Fierce Battle for Goma Town Leaves Trail of Death and Destruction in DR Congo
The city of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has experienced a relative calm after days of intense fierce…
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Features
The Pains and Struggles of Nigeria’s Forgotten IDPs in El-Miskin Camp
Deep within the sprawling city of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, lies the El-Miskin camp, housing hundreds of internally…
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Development
Scores of Flood Victims Stranded in Cameroon’s Far North
Four months after devastating flooding caused death and destruction in Yagoua, the Mayo-Danay division of Cameroon’s Far North, thousands of…
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Features
Open Defecation, Poor Sanitation Widespread Amid Nigeria’s Cholera Epidemic
It’s been three years since Adebayo Alamu, a vulcaniser, relocated to Ibadan, capital of Oyo State in South West Nigeria…
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Development
Sharing A Stream With Cows: Nigerian Community Suffering Acute Water Scarcity
How best can one describe a disadvantaged community? Find your way to Bida town in Niger state. Tell a commercial…
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Humanitarian Crises
Conflict And Climate Shocks Exacerbating Cholera Outbreaks In Horn Of Africa – MSF
The Cholera outbreak in Eastern Africa may become even more devastating in the coming months, international humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans…
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Development
Poor Hygiene Facilities Contribute To Low Attendance Of Girls In School
“I miss school for at least three days every month when I am on my period,” says Khadija Mohammed Ibrahim.…
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Humanitarian Crises
Namibian Government Puts Faith In ‘Cheap Solutions’ As Sanitation Sector Fails
Xhuka Shorty and his family are San, an indigenous group of people in southern Africa. Eight years ago, he and…
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