Media roundup - clean water, WASH news, October 22, 2021

October 22, 2021

All the WASH news you might ever need to know!

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in the news

Africa’s future is at Hand – Safe access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene is needed more than ever 
Africa.com: https://www.africa.com/africas-future-is-at-hand-safe-access-to-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-is-needed-more-than-ever/ 
 
How WASH Programmes Are Improving Lives Of Children 
Swach India: https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/how-wash-programmes-in-schools-are-improving-lives-of-children-63722/ 

‘I’m doing this out of my heart’: the fight for clean water in one remote WA Indigenous town 
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/oct/20/im-doing-this-out-of-my-heart-the-fight-for-clean-water-in-one-remote-wa-indigenous-town 
 
7 Major Transformations to Solve Urban Inequality 
World Resources Institute: https://bit.ly/3lZkfPO 

Period Poverty, Water Scarcity and Girls’ Education in Africa 
Borgen Magazine: https://www.borgenmagazine.com/girls-education/ 
 
Gambia: Water And Sanitation for All in a Pandemic! 
All Africa: https://allafrica.com/stories/202110220168.html 
 

Africa

Winners of East African photography awards 
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2021/oct/22/winners-of-the-east-african-photography-awards-2021-in-picture 

Eswatini bans protests as regional mediators arrive 
BBC: https://bbc.in/3m1FfoX 
Al Jaz: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/21/african-nations-deploy-envoys-to-eswatini-to-help-stem-unrest 
 
Eswatini orders Facebook closure to curb protests 
BBC: https://bbc.in/3nlr9ho 
 
Nigeria suspends rail service after train attack 
BBC: https://bbc.in/3C7gLjN 
 
Tigray's capital hit by airstrike again 
BBC: https://bbc.in/3b2YVlU 
Al Jaz: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/21/ethiopia-hits-tigray-mekelle-third-day-air-strikes 
 

Asia 

Covid vaccine: India administers more than one billion Covid jabs 
BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56345591 

Myanmar forces spyware on to all phones in 'death sentence for activists' - unacceptable!
Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/10/21/myanmar-forces-spyware-onto-phones-death-sentence-activists/ 
 
Pakistan’s ‘miraculous’ new health card scheme provides affordable treatment for the poor 
Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/pakistans-miraculous-new-health-card-scheme-provides-affordable/ 

Floods, landslides kill more than 100 in India and Nepal 
Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/20/india-nepal-floods-landslides-uttarakhand-kerala  
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-58951456  

Health

CAFOD concerned about new Ebola cases in DR Congo 
Vatican News: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2021-10/cafod-concern-ebola-cases-rising-dr-congo.html 
 
Nigeria cholera outbreak: A 50% decrease in the number of new suspected cases reported 
Outbreak News: http://outbreaknewstoday.com/nigeria-cholera-outbreak-a-50-decrease-in-the-number-of-new-suspected-cases-reported-77558/ 

Climate change
 

Climate crisis likely to fuel conflicts over water and migration, US analyses say 
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/21/climate-crisis-conflicts-water-migration-us-analyses  
 
Cop26: Fears grow that Glasgow climate change summit will fall short of its lofty aims 
Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/environment/2021/10/21/cop26-fears-grow-glasgow-climate-change-summit-will-fall-short/ 
 
Climate change will bring global tension, US intelligence report says 
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59004088 
 
No formal COP26 role for big oil amid doubts over firms’ net zero plans 
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/21/no-formal-cop26-role-for-big-oil-amid-doubts-over-firms-net-zero-plans  
 
Leaked documents reveal the countries lobbying UN to water down climate crisis response 
Indy: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/cop26-document-leak-countries-lobby-un-b1942511.html  
 
UN chief warns world on ‘one-way ticket to disaster’ over climate 
AJ: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/22/un-chief-warns-world-on-one-way-ticket-to-disaster-over-climate 
 
‘No country will be spared’ impact of climate change: US gov’t 
AJ: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/21/no-country-will-be-spared-impact-of-climate-change-us-govt 
 
Climate crisis: Shortage of water presents ‘existential’ threat to UK, government warned 
Indy: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/climate-change-water-shortage-uk-b1941014.html 
 
Cop26 climate change: Net zero achievable without a hair shirt in sight, declares PM - really Boris?
Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cop26-climate-change-net-zero-achievable-without-a-hair-shirt-in-sight-declares-pm-90j3ngjf2 

Over 100 million people in Africa threatened by climate change 
Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/19/climate-change-threatens-more-than-100-million-in-africa-un  
 
Africa calls for climate finance tracker after donors fall short 
Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/19/africa-calls-for-climate-finance-tracker-after-donors-fall-short  
 
Amazon, Ikea and Unilever pledge zero-carbon shipping by 2040 
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58970877 
 

WaterAid in the news

Ed Miliband was joined at The Independent’s Cop26 discussion by WaterAid’s Mozambique country director Adam Garley 
Indy: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/tom-steyer-cop26-glasgow-climate-b1942009.html 
Indy: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/cop26-glasgow-summit-ed-miliband-b1941775.html 
Yahoo: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/every-country-term-paper-due-165140142.html 

Bernard Aryeetey comments on the Environment Agency statement ‘adapt or die’ 
Indy Letters page: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters/northern-ireland-brexit-protocol-b1937776.html 
  
Amanda Mealing supports WaterAid's #OurClimateFight  
Smiley Movement: https://smileymovement.org/news-list/water-aid-our-climate-fight 
Digital Spy: https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/casualty/a38021298/casualty-amanda-mealing-adoption-discovery/