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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Human health in dire straits if urgent actions are not made to protect the environment, warns landmark UN report
Agonza Innocent March 14, 2019 The most comprehensive and rigorous assessment on the state of the environment completed by the UN in the last five years was published this week, warning that damage to the planet is so dire that people’s health will be increasingly threatened unless urgent action is taken. The report, which was […]
Posted 14 Mar 2019 in Climate Change&Water investment -
UN report calls for urgent action to tackle chemical pollution as global production is set to double by 2030
Water Journalists Africa/ UN Environment-News Desk March 11, 2019 Countries will not meet the internationally agreed goal to minimize the adverse impacts of chemicals and waste by 2020, meaning that urgent action is required to reduce further damage to human health and economies, according to a UN report released today. The second Global Chemicals Outlook, presented during the […]
Posted 11 Mar 2019 in Water Resources -
Fourth UN Environment Assembly kicks off in Kenya
March 11, 2019 Annita Matsika/ UN Environment-News Desk Over 4,700 heads of state, ministers, business leaders, senior UN officials and civil society representatives are gathering in Nairobi for a meeting of the world’s top body on the environment, where they will take decisions that move global societies to a more sustainable path. The fourth UN […]
Posted 11 Mar 2019 in Climate Change&Water Resources -
African Development Bank calls for scale up in implementation of sanitation targets
Innocent Agonza/APO Group March 2, 2019 The African Development Bank has called on development partners to scale up support for implementation of sanitation programs to fast track Africa’s progress and deliver on its promise to the continent. “Achieving the Ngor Commitments and the ambitious targets for sanitation and hygiene within the Global Development Agenda can […]
Posted 02 Mar 2019 in Water investment&Water Resources -
Treating water with sunlight to make it safe and hot saves people and trees in West Africa
Jordi Albacete – Environmental Journalist February 27, 2019 What’s the point of planting a tree if it never reaches adulthood? This is what Kemo Fatty wonders in the little Sahelian country of The Gambia. He is a local farmer who leads Green Up Gambia, a community-led reforestation group. Kemo dreams of the day he will […]
Posted 27 Feb 2019 in Water Resources&Water Resources, Climate Change and Sanitation -
Researchers Petition African Union to Focus on Climate Risks and Migration; Appoint Special Envoy for Climate Change and Security
APO Group February 07, 2019 Ahead of the upcoming African Union (AU) Summit on 10–11 February, researchers at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (www.SIPRI.org) released a new essay that gives impetus for the AU to refocus on climate-related security risks and build a broad support to appoint a dedicated AU Special Envoy for […]
Posted 07 Feb 2019 in Research -
AfDB’s desert solar initiative to make Africa a renewable power-house
Nantale Abbey/ AfDB January 03, 2019 The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said a lack of energy remains as a significant impediment to Africa’s economic and social development. As a result the AfDB has embarked on a huge desert solar initiative to make Africa a renewable power-house titled “Desert to Power Initiative”. This solar project […]
Posted 03 Jan 2019 in Climate Change&Water Cooperation And Diplomacy -
Bridge on Zambezi River to link, open up markets in eight African countries
Agonza Innocent/AfDB January 03, 2019 Scenes of traders, travelers, fishermen and women crossing the Zambezi river on floating planks, ferries, rickshaw boats, and canoes will soon come to an end. In just 24 months, travelling between the water-rich but land-locked Zambia and Botswana will get easier, smoother and faster, when the new road and rail […]
Posted 03 Jan 2019 in Water Cooperation And Diplomacy&Water investment -
‘We see its value’: Ugandan communities benefiting from agroforestry
Deusdedit Ruhangariyo/ Mongabay January 2, 2019 Farming communities in the western Ugandan highlands of Butanda have for generations practiced agroforestry, intercropping fruit, grains and vegetables with medicinal plants, trees and grasses on their land. The practice allows them to harvest food throughout the year, both for sustenance and to sell, provides them with timber and […]
Posted 02 Jan 2019 in Water investment&Water Resources -
Ugandan eco-product designer welcomes new charter linking fashion with climate change
Fredrick Mugira December 31, 2018 Uganda’s renowned eco-product designer Sarah Nakisanze has welcomed the new fashion industry charter for climate action launched this month during this year’s UN climate change summit describing it as “healthy.” The fashion industry charter for climate action, aligned with the goals of Paris agreement including limiting global warming to 1.5 […]
Posted 31 Dec 2018 in Climate Change&Water Resources