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|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:africa news groundwater.png|left|70px|link=Shallow groundwater poses pollution problem for Africa]]
|January 11, 2016 <br> [[Shallow groundwater poses pollution problem for Africa]]<br>''Regions along the Gulf of Guinea are at high risk of groundwater pollution on the continent, according to a map drawn by researchers at the Université Catholique de Louvain’s Earth and Life Institute in Belgium. Much of Central Africa and some coastal lands in northwest Africa are also vulnerable.''
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|October 21, 2015 <br> [[In Cameroon, harvesting floodwater brings better health]]<br>''As part of a new project aimed at helping communities adapt to recurrent flooding, the government is installing rainwater harvesting systems in vulnerable Douala neighbourhoods. The idea is simple: catch and store clean water for people to use whenever flooding makes groundwater unsafe.''
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|February 1, 2016<br> [[Drought and poor control of boreholes add to crisis]]<br>''Desperate farmers are drilling boreholes to extreme depths, some beyond 500m. But water and borehole experts say these depths are excessive, with the average extent varying between 60m and 150m.''
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|November 30, 2015 <br> [[A New Mapping Program Could Provide Access to New Water Sources in Kenya]]<br>''A new groundwater mapping program in Kenya could provide relief to farmers and communities in the drought-plagued country.''
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|August 19, 2015 <br> [[The three wonders of the ancient world solving modern water problems]]<br>''Water access is a big problem. In Kenya, 63% of the population use an improved source of drinking water and 46% live below the poverty line.''
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