The scourge that open defecation continues to constitute in 21st century Nigeria was quite rightly the focus of attention at the maiden two-day Toilet Business Owners Conference which took place in ...

India, Dec. 7 -- Despite crores of rupees being spent on cleaning the Ganga under the Namami Gange programme, open defecation by slum dwellers along the banks of the holy river in various parts of ...

heek-by-jowl homes betray signs of comfortable lifestyles in this crucial Mapusa ward amid poor sanitary conditions, widespread littering, and open defecation Mapusa’s renowned weekly bazaar may draw ...

“…The men were defecating in the open like a defensive wall in front of the slum, making a line that no respectable human should cross. The wind wafted the stench ...

One of the problems bedevilling Nigeria is the health effects of open defecation whose impact, according to available statistics, is huge. In this special report, OKWY IROEGBU-CHIKEZIE writes that it ...

Open sewage at Kenya’s largest slum, Kibera, in Nairobi. Photo credit: Chiba Yasuyoshi/AFP via Getty Images Imagine you are miles from the nearest restroom, and nature’s call is urgent – a situation ...