The risk of inaction, it said, is that “policy rides on numbers no one fully trusts.” That was just the starkest of six risks ...

In Lagos, where 70 per cent of residents lack safely managed sanitation and open defecation continues to fuel outbreaks of cholera and typhoid, a single public toilet can function as a frontline ...

“It started becoming a thing, like ‘oh it’s your turn, like it’s your turn to clean it,’” Roul's Deli's owner told PEOPLE of the defecation issue. Roul's Deli/Instagram A restaurant is putting up a ...

Although rural Karnataka was declared “Open Defecation Free” in 2018, a survey of women in 390 Scheduled Caste households in Chikkodi taluk, Belagavi, has found that nearly 50% of the households do ...

At least five persons were arrested in the early hours of Thursday for allegedly defecating in public spaces in the Lagos Island area of the state. The arrests come less than a week after the Lagos ...

The Cross River House of Assembly has passed a bill prohibiting open defecation. The bill aims to outlaw open defecation in public places and encourage the use of proper toilet facilities statewide, ...

The Lagos State Government has stepped up enforcement against open defecation, arresting 46 offenders in a renewed crackdown across key commercial corridors on Lagos Island. The arrests were carried ...

The Lagos State Government has arrested 46 people for open defecation during early morning enforcement operations across Lagos Island. The arrests were carried out by the Anti-Open Defecation Squad ...

The Lagos State Government has arrested 46 individuals for open defecation as part of its ongoing efforts to protect public health and maintain environmental sanitation across the state. The arrests ...

In a bid to end one of Kenya's most persistent public health hurdles, the Government of Japan and UNICEF have inked a Sh515 million deal aimed at eradicating open defecation and securing clean water ...

The Lagos State Government has arrested a woman and several others for defecating in public in Lagos Island part of the State. Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, ...