Sanitation forum to push East African governments to deliver on commitments
Last week ANEW, WaterAid and other key stakeholders within East Africa held a two day follow up conference to Africasa+5. Governments made commitments to develop an action plan in order to put Africa back on track to meeting the MDG target on sanitation but, in Eastern Africa, fears have been raised that sanitation is still lagging behind. More than 70 participants from 8 different countries met to review the progress made. The conference culminated in the signing of a communiqué, known as the Nairobi Declaration by all actors calling on East African governments to urgently address the sanitation crisis in the region.
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High level African event on meeting the MDG targets on WatSan
The African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW), African Development Bank (AfDB) and UN-Water Africa, in collaboration with partners, organised a series of meetings in Ethiopia in October. The purpose of the meetings was to consider strategies for carrying forward the key pan-African declarations made this year. Only Rwanda and Senegal have so far developed and submitted their plans to AMCOW following the eThekwini Declaration. ANEW was represented by Chairman, Prof. Edward Kairu.