Water Week opened in Tunis.

(From MENA Business Reports)

The First Water Week of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group began in Tunis on Thursday, with the formal launch of two major initiatives and a road map for the development of water resources in Africa.

"Water is Life", the ADB President, Mr. Omar Kabbaj, said, citing an age-long African adage in an opening speech that spelled out how the Bank Group intends to scale up its intervention in the water and sanitation sector. "Perhaps, more than any other sector, water and sanitation impacts on all the main themes of the development agenda - poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability, private sector growth, education, …