Time running out as Africa sprints towards MDG deadline

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Water and sanitation The Second Africa Water Week, held in Midrand in November last year, brought together decision-makers, UN agencies, civil society groups, the private sector and development cooperation partners to discuss ways of addressing the continent’s water and sanitation challenges. The event was held in response to the Sharm El Sheikh Commitments on water and sanitation adopted by the African Union Heads of State in Egypt in 2008. While 26 individual African countries are on track to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to halve the number of people without access to drinking water, the continent as a whole is lagging far behind. The MDGs were set up by the UN in 2000. These goals establish quantitative benchmarks to halve extreme poverty in all its forms.

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