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Watering the Middle East

This year, hundreds of thousands of people in the Middle East and North Africa have faced the worst water shortages in decades. If governments do not take urgent action to preserve water reserves and standardize supply, the most defenseless populations will continue to suffer.

FEZ – The United Nations World Water Development Report confirms what many already know: hundreds of thousands of people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) – especially in Algeria, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen – have faced the worst water shortages in decades in 2016. This is the last thing the region needs, as it works toward economic growth and diversification.

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