2026 as the Year of "Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063".

A water secure and resilient africa with safe sanitation for all.

A water secure and resilient africa with safe sanitation for all.

The African Union declared 2026 as the Year of "Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063" to elevate water security as a top continental priority.

Key Objectives
  1.  Reaffirm water and sanitation as key drivers for health, industrialization, and climate resilience.
  2.  Endorse a new continental policy framework adopted at the 39th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly in February 2026.
  3. Address an estimated annual shortfall of US$ 30 billion needed to reach basic water and sanitation targets.
  4.  Manage shared water resources, noting that 60% of African freshwater and 90% of surface water cross national borders.
Location: 2P2V+3PM, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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