Although there has been some progress towards Goal 6 worldwide, two billion people still lack access to safe drinking water and 3.6 billion lack safely managed sanitation services.
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered the greatest economic crisis in decades, with the manufacturing and transport industries among the sectors most impacted by the global restriction of movement of people and goods.
Inequality stunts macroeconomic growth and sustains high levels of poverty yet there is a troubling paucity of data on the topic across the African continent.
Humans are part of the natural world and healthy, biodiverse ecosystems are essential to sustaining our lives. Yet, land degradation, habitat fragmentation and climate change have led to their widespread destruction.