The Water Journalists Africa blog;was set up in March 2011 under the auspices of UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication. Member journalists have been posting about ten news items a month about African water and sanitation issues.

Recent articles have reported about a US$ 60 million loss for the Northern Region Water Board in Malawi and the lack of impact of the Water for African Cities programme in Kenya.

The United Nations Office to Support the International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’ 2005-2015/UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNO-IDfA/UNW-DPC) trained founding members of the Water Journalists Africa network in March 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa, during the official World Water Day 2011 celebration.

Web site: waterjournalistsafrica.wordpress.com/

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