Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi, as president of the African Union. made clear at the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate this week, that all the new emissions-cutting pledges from rich countries were not enough.

Senegal’s Minister of Water and Health, Serigne Mbaye Thiam, announced that as a result of an $81.5 million rural electrification project funded by the Senegal River Development Organization (OMVS), 200 Mali, Mauritania, and Senegalese communities now have access to electricity. OMVS Director-General Tamsir Ndiaye stated that the organization plans to “do everything it can to increase the maximum output allocated at the level of OMVS member states in order to increase supply and make these countries not only have sufficient Electricity, and electricity is cheaper.” The project is connected to the 300-kilometer Manantali hydropower plant located in Mana, the capital of Mali.

Clean & water is vital for public health.

Improved water supply and sanitation will benefit the local communities while better management of water resources, can boost countries’ economic growth resulting in poverty reduction.

Extreme water shortages since October 2020 have had over 116,000 Somalis displaced according to the United Nations.

Somalia has been facing a second consecutive season of below-average rainfall from April to June. The situation has been concerning since more than 50 districts have been facing moderate to severe drought conditions. What worries locals the most is whether the situation will be worsening.