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World Water Day: Africans expect governments to do a better job of ensuring safe water and sanitation, survey finds
Almost half of Africans go without enough clean water for home use, and a majority have to leave their compounds in order to access water, according to new findings from Afrobarometer.
Powerless: Lack of grid access, unreliable electricity supply still plague majority of Africans
While more Africans live within reach of an electric grid than a decade ago, only four in 10 enjoy a reliable power supply, according to new survey findings from Afrobarometer. In some countries, that proportion is four in 100.
Africans tolerant on religion, ethnicity, nationality, and HIV, but not on homosexuality, Afrobarometer survey finds
Contrary to common portrayals, Africans express high degrees of tolerance for people from different ethnic groups, people of different religions, immigrants, and people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), newly released Afrobarometer survey findings show.
Lived poverty drops in two-thirds of surveyed countries in Africa
While adequate food and clean water remain daily challenges for millions of Africans, poverty at the household level – “lived poverty” – has declined in two-thirds of countries surveyed by Afrobarometer, newly released survey findings show.
Despite progress, basic infrastructure still a challenge in Africa
Despite progress over the past decade, the development of infrastructure for electricity, water, sewerage, and roads remains an enormous challenge across Africa, especially in rural areas, new Afrobarometer survey data indicate.
Unemployment, education top list of Africans’ problems, priorities
Africans’ most urgent problem is unemployment, and their top priority for more government investment is education, according to Afrobarometer’s latest round of surveys across Africa.
A majority of Zambians express confidence in the effectiveness of national elections
The percentage of Zambian citizens who believe in the effectiveness of national elections in effecting change has nearly doubled in a space of 10 years.
Zambians oppose physical violence against women and children
Findings from Afrobarometer Round 6 survey in Zambia.
Zambians overwhelmingly oppose physical punishment
An overwhelming majority of Zambian women and men disapprove of the use of physical force to discipline wives or children, Afrobarometer’s most recent survey has revealed.
Zambians’ trust in the judiciary falling, as well as legitimacy
Findings from Afrobarometer Round 6 survey in Zambia.