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July 10, 2013

African Development Bank funds Sierra Leone water project
Freetown (AFP) July 09, 2013
The African Development Bank is providing Sierra Leone with $61 million to upgrade its water supply in four provincial cities a year after a cholera outbreak killed hundreds, the west African state's water company said on Tuesday. "Some of the water sites have been dilapidated for some 40 years and have reduced residents ... to depend on well water and filthy streams for drinking and domestic work," said Alimany Kamara, regional station manager of the Sierra Leone Water Company. Sierra Leone rem ... read more

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