What Causes Water Shortages in Nigeria and Ghana?

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Every day, millions of people across West Africa experience water shortage, lacking access to clean, safe drinking water. The World Health Organization estimates that more than 1,000 people in the region, who are denied clean water access, die each day from illnesses related to unsafe water. Along with causing hygiene and sanitation issues, the water shortage is hampering development. In two of the biggest and richest nations of the region, Nigeria and Ghana, pollution, political unrest, and corruption have contributed to water shortages for decades. What's different today is that a new generation of West African journalists is trying to hold government officials accountable for the failures. Pulitzer Center grantee Steve Sapienza teamed up with two of them, Nigeria's Ameto Akpe and Ghana's Samuel Agyemang, as they did their jobs, reporting on failing water projects in the region.

This report is part of Pulitzer Center-sponsored projects "Nigeria's Water and Sanitation Sector: Leaks and Plugs" (http://bit.ly/GSKRKO) and "Murky Waters in Ghana" (http://bit.ly/GRkZKI).

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News & Politics

Tags:

• Pulitzer Center
• Nigeria
• Ghana
• Water Shortages
• Water Shortages Cause
• Drinking Water
• Clean Water Access
• Unsafe Water
• Waiting for Water
• Downstream
• Water and Sanitation
• Water Sanitation and Hygiene
• WASH
• Pollution
• Political Unrest
• Corruption
• Journalists
• Government Officials
• Government Accountability
• West Africa
• Resource
• Water Pipes
• Water Pump
• Benue River
• Pipe Network
• Water Project
• City Taps
• Ghana Water Company
• Stephen Sapienza
• Ameto Akpe
• Samuel Agyemang

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