Tag: water shortages
Madagascar president names military general as new prime minister
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina named Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo, a military general, as the country’s new prime…
Madagascar president dissolves government after youth-led deadly protests
Madagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, has dissolved his government in response to mass demonstrations over power and water shortages…
Madagascar imposes curfew after violent protests against water, power cuts
Authorities in Madagascar have imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the capital, Antananarivo, following protests against frequent power outages…
Curfew declared in Madagascar capital after violent protests
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (Reuters) -Authorities in Madagascar on Thursday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the capital, after protests over…
Russian-backed head of Donetsk says Moscow must capture canal from Ukraine to solve water crisis
DONETSK, Russian-controlled Ukraine (Reuters) -The head of the Russian-held Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine said a water crisis…
Iraq is facing a water crisis, hit by one of its worst droughts in century
Iraq is experiencing its driest year on record since 1933, as the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, which flow…
Water shortages plague Beirut as low rainfall compounds woes
People are buying water by the truckload in Beirut as the state supply faces its worst shortages in…
Lake Powell’s plunge toward ‘dead pool’ danger threatens Arizona water supply — what it means for the US West
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has issued a harrowing warning on the dangerously low water levels in Lake…