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Maryam Yasin
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Afghanistan’s water points are drying up, UN report finds
Drought nearly doubled in Afghanistan last year. The share of households with enough drinking water fell sharply.
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A record early heatwave grips South Asia
India, Pakistan and Bangladesh were already sweltering in early May, with some places nearing 45°C before summer had properly begun.
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Five years of drought: East Africa’s water crisis deepens
Somalia, south-eastern Ethiopia and eastern Kenya have seen rain fail again and again since 2021. Millions now lack water and food.
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Emergency water for Lake Powell as the Colorado River hits a breaking point
After the lowest snowpack on record, the US government ordered water released from upstream to stop Lake Powell falling too low to work.
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Kabul is running out of water
Afghanistan’s capital relies on underground water, and the wells keep getting deeper. In poorer neighbourhoods, families queue at mosques for water they can’t drink.
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The snow that never came: the American West’s water tower melts early
California’s April snow survey found no measurable snow. A week later, Washington declared a statewide drought.
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An island without drinking water: Qeshm’s desalination plant is out of action
Three weeks after it was hit, Iran said a desalination plant on Qeshm Island could not be repaired in the short term.
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World Water Day 2026: where water flows, equality grows
This year’s World Water Day is about women and girls, the people who most often carry the water and least often decide how it…
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Nairobi’s river bursts its banks while Kenya’s north runs dry
Kenya faced floods and drought at the same time: water sweeping through the capital, and water sources vanishing in the north-east.
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When war reaches the taps: desalination plants damaged in the Gulf
In the world’s driest region, millions of people drink water made from the sea. In March, the plants that make it came under fire.