Wadi Boukiou watershed is a sub-basin of the Tafna located in Northwestern Algeria, in a region of high climatic variability where drought has an important effect on the hydrological behavior. The work focuses on the ...

In Algeria, even if water resources are abundant, they are inadequate to satisfy all demand. Although Algeria as the biggest country in Africa, it used to have the most important freshwater reservoirs. In recent years, ...

Fisheries and aquaculture play an important role in western African sub-region countries. Even if its contribution to GDP is not so important compare to agriculture, decrease in productivity affect communities living ...

Sub-Saharan African cities have faced problems associated with poor Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) as well as inadequate electricity access. This has brought about several economic, social, environmental and ...

Emergency situations can occur as a result of slow or rapid onsets. During such circumstances the affected populations become refugees or Internally Displaced People (IDPs) who often require fundamental and immediate ...

Surface water bodies are essential resources that provide water for different activities. However, Soil erosion and runoff generated as a result of human activities contribute to considerable amount of sediment yield ...

Water, energy, and food are necessary resources for well‐being and economic development. The physical and economic access to these resources in most Sub‐Saharan countries remains very low while the outbreak of COVID‐19 is ...

Informally sachet water is an important source of drinking water for the majority of people lacking access to public piped sources. In Malawi, sachet water is popular but not regulated, and information about its quality ...

Burkina Faso, the world leader in organic dried mango production, and which provides 25% of the total supply of dried mango to Europe (Jovanovic, 2018 as cited in Mulder et al., 2019), depends totally on gas fire dryers ...

In Somalia, fishery is the back bone of the country economy. In line with African Union Agenda 2063, SDGs and NDP program, MoFMR and SMRRC initiated different programs to develop different marine environments in Somali ...