Legitimately registered in Uganda, Water Journalists Africa was established in 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa with support from the UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication.
Water Journalists Africa has since 2011, partnered with various international and Africa based organizations such as the UN-Water, The Water Channel, Water Integrity Network, 2030 Water Resources Group and UNESCO-IHE among several others to enhance reporting on Integrated Water Resources Management in Africa and promote interaction among African Journalists who report on water.
Some 700 journalists from 50 African countries to date are members of this network making it certainly the largest media network on the continent.
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Fighting for the conservation of even the less-charismatic species
Michelle Rotchford Galloway September 09, 2019 “Tourists don’t pay to see a crab,” said Tatenda Dalu of the Department of Ecology and Resource Management at the University of Venda. He says charismatic animals – like the big five – tend to receive the focus of conservation activities due to the tourist dollars they attract but […]
Posted 09 Sep 2019 in Opinion&Water investment&Water Journalists Africa&Water Resources -
Malawi President Mutharika commissions six marine warships
George Mhango, Blantyre in Malawi Malawi has commissioned six marine warships meant to protect the citizens from enemies who will invade Lake Malawi. The warships will also provide rescue efforts to users of the lake, including tourists who flock to the lake. The warships are named after incumbent president Peter Mutharika, former president Bakili Muluzi […]
Posted 09 Sep 2019 in Water Cooperation And Diplomacy&Water Journalists Africa&Water Resources&Water Resources, Climate Change and Sanitation -
Boreholes Key to Drought Resilience in Ethiopia, Study Shows
Sarah McDaid August 23, 2019 Installing more boreholes to tap underground water will improve rural Ethiopian communities’ resilience to drought, according to a new report. Research carried out by the British Geological Survey (BGS), the University of Addis Ababa and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) showed that people who have access to groundwater from boreholes […]
Posted 23 Aug 2019 in Water Cooperation And Diplomacy&Water Resources&Water Resources, Climate Change and Sanitation -
Road River: A photo story of a river dried by illegal land acquisitions
Fredrick Mugira and Annika McGinnis August 20,2019 This reporting project was made possible through the generous support of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Data visualisations by Code for Africa A lifeline river for over five million people in southwestern Uganda has been turned into a road. Rwizi River has had up to 80 percent […]
Posted 20 Aug 2019 in Water Cooperation And Diplomacy&Water Journalists Africa&Water Resources -
Yala Swamp Saga: Broken Promises, Idle Land
This story was produced in partnership with InfoNile and Code for Africa with support from the Pulitzer Center. Writer: Geoffrey Kamadi Coordination: Fredrick Mugira June 2019 June 2019 The story of Yala Swamp and Dominion Farms Limited reads like any sad, unfortunate tale, typical of land acquisition deals gone awry. Often times involving big, powerful […]
Posted 04 Jun 2019 in Water Cooperation And Diplomacy&Water investment&Water Resources -
How Egypt’s water feeds the Gulf
Writers: Nada Arafat and Saker El Nour Coordination: Fredrick Mugira May 2019 This story was produced in partnership with InfoNile and Code for Africa with support from the Pulitzer Center. Vast expanses of green extend across the horizon, tended by the advanced machinery that has replaced hundreds of agricultural workers. The land is watered using center-pivot irrigation systems, […]
Posted 30 May 2019 in Land&Water Cooperation And Diplomacy&Water Resources -
Rose: The Flower impairing Blue Nile River and Communities in Ethiopia
Writer: Ayele Addis Ambelu Coordination: Fredrick Mugira May 2019 This story was produced in partnership with InfoNile and Code for Africa with support from the Pulitzer Center. Abreham Bekele, 58, a resident of Meshenti village, close to Bahir Dar city, in Ethiopia’s Amhara region became a destitute after the land he and his eleven […]
Posted 30 May 2019 in Climate Change&Land&Water investment&Water Resources -
Land Grabbing and Its Implications for Sudanese – Views from a scholar
This story was produced in partnership with InfoNile and Code for Africa with support from the Pulitzer Center. Annika McGinnis and Fredrick Mugira May 13, 2019 Investors from largely food-insecure Gulf countries are increasingly buying vast swaths of fertile land irrigated by the Nile River in Sudan to grow food crops to sustain their populations. […]
Posted 14 May 2019 in Water Cooperation And Diplomacy&Water Resources&Water Resources, Climate Change and Sanitation -
African countries tipped to join UN water
AfDB/Agonza Innocent in Kigali, Rwanda May 13, 2019 The African Development Bank and the United Nations Water Convention have agreed to jointly encourage African countries to join the UN water management organization to promote integrated and sustainable management of surface and groundwater resources. The move follows a visit by a delegation from the UN Convention on […]
Posted 13 May 2019 in Climate Change&Water investment&Water Resources -
Uncertainty over laws fuel land grabs in South Sudan
Foreign investors acquired 2.5 million hectares of land since 2006 Writer: Paul Jimbo Coordination: Annika McGinnis This story was produced in partnership with InfoNile and Code for Africa with support from the Pulitzer Center. The Government of South Sudan is encouraging many new investments in hope that the foreign companies will produce food and ease the country’s […]
Posted 08 May 2019 in Climate Change&Land&Water investment&Water Resources