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In an era when more risks are becoming profound realities, HotSpots H2O helps make sense of a changing, often stressed global waterscape.
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HotSpots H2O: South Sudanese Dying from Thirst and Water-Related Violence
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According to government estimates, 80 percent of South Sudanese do not have steady access to clean water.
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HotSpots H2O: Reversing a Drought Pattern, Afghanistan Struck by Deadly Floods
After years of drought, wet weather returned, in force, to Afghanistan this winter.
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HotSpots H2O: Water, Food Shortages Deadlier than Violence in Embattled Yemen
A grim, new UNICEF report estimates that children under five in conflict zones are 20 times more likely to die from dirty water than from being shot.
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HotSpots H2O: Worst-Ever Power Outage Deepens Venezuela Water Insecurity
When a nationwide power outage struck two weeks ago, parts of the country slipped into total chaos.
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HotSpots H2O: Drought, Violence Spread Hunger in Ethiopia
A web of violence, past droughts, and current dry conditions is ensnaring Ethiopia in an ongoing food crisis.
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HotSpots H2O: Suicide Bombing Sours India-Pakistan Water Relations
A suicide bombing in Kashmir has resulted in another setback in India-Pakistan water relations.
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HotSpots H2O: Humanitarian and Political Crisis Roils Venezuela
Some 3.4 million Venezuelans have fled their country amid a political crisis that is crippling healthcare service, nutrition, and sanitation in the region.
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HotSpots H2O: Palm and Sugarcane Plantations Strip Guatemalan Farmers of Land, Water Access
As global demand for biofuel increases, plantations are crowding out traditional farming in Guatemala,which has spurred land and water quarrels
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HotSpots H2O: Despite Peace Deal, Water Scarcity Worse Than Ever in South Sudan
The number of South Sudanese citizens facing food and water insecurity continues to grow following a five-year civil war.
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HotSpots H2O: Resource Conflicts Rattle Nigeria in Lead-Up to Elections
Conflict between farmers and herders over water and pasture shook Nigeria in recent years, leaving more than 1,500 people dead in 2018.
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HotSpots H2O: In Test of Regional Water Cooperation, Pakistan Inspects Indian Hydropower Projects
India and Pakistan will rekindle the cooperative spirit of a nearly six-decade-old river-sharing treaty this week, when a delegation from Pakistan inspects two Indian hydropower projects along the Chenab River.
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HotSpots H2O: Massive Fish Kills Fuel Anger Over Murray-Darling Basin Management
Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin is mired in another controversy following recent fish kills. Up to one million fish are dead.
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/in HotSpots H2O, Water News/by Zara GoundenZara GoundenZara is a reporting intern at Circle of Blue. She is a Davis Scholar in her third year at New York University London, majoring in Global Liberal Studies with a concentration in Politics, Rights, and Development.
Zara is a reporting intern at Circle of Blue. She is a Davis Scholar in her third year at New York University London, majoring in Global Liberal Studies with a concentration in Politics, Rights, and Development.
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