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Rethinking Africa’s water resources

The recently launched United Nations World Water Development Report 2016 themed 'Water and Jobs' marks a turning point in global viewpoints on water governance and international water politics.

According to the report, globally, 78 per cent of jobs are water-dependent in varying degrees. This noteworthy deduction lends a whole new meaning to the oft-quoted yet hackneyed dictum, ”Water is life”.

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