60% houses in Iraq lose access to drinking water, says survey
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - In drought-hit Iraq, six out of 10 households have had their access to drinking water disrupted and a quarter of farmers have seen crop yields drastically fall this year, said a survey published Monday. Iraq has been battered by three years of drought, low rainfall and reduced...
Rainless Morocco struggles with water supply shortage
As Morocco withers under its worst drought in 40 years, experts warn that a combination of climate change and bad resource management could trigger severe drinking water shortages.
Egypt to earmark $2.5bn for 17 desalination plants
Fresh water resources are becoming scarce due to drought in Egypt, which is more than 90% dependent on the Nile for water.
