HARGEISA
The availability of water purification tablets, digging of shallow wells in rural areas as well as privatisation of water services have resulted in more people in Somalia s self-declared republic of Somaliland gaining access to clean water and proper sanitation, officials said.
At least 45-50 percent of the Somaliland population now has access to safe water, compared with 35 percent in 2000, according to Ali Sheikh Omar Qabil, director of environmental health in the Ministry of Health and Labour. Most of the urban centres such as Hargeisa [the capital], Borama, Berbera, and Gabiley have central water supply systems and chlorine is routinely mixed into the water provided, Qabil said.
Somalia
Borama
Bay
Somaliland
Somalia-general
Jamame
Jubbada-hoose
Gabiley
Woqooyi-galbeed
China
Sanaag
Nugaal