Africa's sanitation challenge

African cities are bringing water long distances; losing much in distribution and spending all they have in supplying expensive water to some and never all

Over a decade ago when the world began discussing targets for sanitation the idea seemed simple — build toilets and people will use them. When the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDG), set in 2000, came to an end in 2015, over 2 billion people had gained access to improved sanitation. But this left nearly 2.6 billion people still with no or poor sanitation facilities — it was the world’s unfinished agenda. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which succeeded MDGs, set an ambitious global goal to completely get rid the world of this wicked problem by 2030. India (within India,