UNEP: 748 million people lack clean drinking water in Africa
542 views · Published 22 March 2015 · 1:40 · Indexed 29 October 2026
Channel: New China TV · 2015 · News & Politics
As the world marks the international water day, UNEP reports 748 million people mostly the poor and marginalized living in sub-saharan Africa still lack access to an improved drinking water source. Of these, almost 173 million people relies on untreated surface water and over 90% live in rural areas. Dr. Thomas Chiramba the head of Fresh Water ecosystems at the UNEP in Nairobi the Kenya capital told CNC in an exclusive interview on Friday that as the world turns it's attention to the formulation of the post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which was being discussed in Newyork much remains to be done however there has been great progress.
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