Participants at a special session of the ongoing World Water Forum voiced satisfaction Monday that Africa's water crisis is firmly on the agenda of the Group of Eight industrial nations.
They also agreed that the continent desperately needs both public and private investment to provide clean, safe and inexpensive drinking water, along with modern, efficient sanitation systems.
The consensus of African delegates at the confab came as the multilateral gathering entered its second day -- the Day of Africa -- at the Kyoto International Media Forum.