In Lagos, where 70 per cent of residents lack safely managed sanitation and open defecation continues to fuel outbreaks of cholera and typhoid, a single public toilet can function as a frontline ...

The Kwara State Government has raised fresh concerns over the growing health and environmental risks associated with open defecation, calling on residents across the state to embrace proper sanitation ...

“It started becoming a thing, like ‘oh it’s your turn, like it’s your turn to clean it,’” Roul's Deli's owner told PEOPLE of the defecation issue. Roul's Deli/Instagram A restaurant is putting up a ...

Although rural Karnataka was declared “Open Defecation Free” in 2018, a survey of women in 390 Scheduled Caste households in Chikkodi taluk, Belagavi, has found that nearly 50% of the households do ...

Drive through many cities across Africa at dawn or dusk. You will see something so normalised that many people no longer react. A man stands by the roadside, facing a wall, relieving himself openly.

At least five persons were arrested in the early hours of Thursday for allegedly defecating in public spaces in the Lagos Island area of the state. The arrests come less than a week after the Lagos ...

The Lagos State Government has stepped up enforcement against open defecation, arresting 46 offenders in a renewed crackdown across key commercial corridors on Lagos Island. The arrests were carried ...

The Lagos State Government has arrested 46 people for open defecation during early morning enforcement operations across Lagos Island. The arrests were carried out by the Anti-Open Defecation Squad ...

The Lagos State Government has arrested 46 individuals for open defecation as part of its ongoing efforts to protect public health and maintain environmental sanitation across the state. The arrests ...

In a bid to end one of Kenya's most persistent public health hurdles, the Government of Japan and UNICEF have inked a Sh515 million deal aimed at eradicating open defecation and securing clean water ...

The Lagos State Government has arrested a woman and several others for defecating in public in Lagos Island part of the State. Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, ...

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court has convicted eight individuals for open defecation in parts of Accra, remanding seven of them into prison custody after they failed to pay court ...