On August 16, 2022, The Virtual Tabadul Project was featured on the local Radio Station in the City of Oum El Bouaghi.  The 1-hour program involved a discussion about the project goals, objectives, and accomplishments so far implemented at the University of Oum El Bouaghi (UOEB).  The roundtable participants included: Dr. Lakhdar Boukerrou, Dr. Kheireddine Lamamra (Vice President for International Cooperation at UOEB), Dr. Abdelhek Nemouchi (Professor in Linguistic), and two project participating students Merwa Arroudj and Wail Boutahra who are involved in the program. For the radio roundtable, please click here.

Dr. Boukerrou and his co-author’s book on the evolution, priorities, and strategies of the Algerian university system received a rave review by “El Watan”, the number one daily newspaper in Algeria.  The book, a collaboration between faculty members from three countries (US, Algeria, and France), describes the evolution of the Algerian university system since the country’s independence, discusses priorities, and proposes recommendations to address the challenges that the Algerian universities face. To read the newspaper review click here.

At the “Environmental Challenges: Water, Forestry, and Rangeland Nexus” symposium organized by Dr. Boukerrou in collaboration with USGS, US Forestry Service, the Government of Cameroon, Ambassador Barlerin’s points out the role that FIU is playing in such events.  The symposium took place in Yaoundé, Cameroon. For more information, click here.

A two-day training session was organized in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso by the USAID WA–WASH Program for the benefit of the African Water Association. For more information, click here.

The USAID WASH Coordinating Secretariat is a meeting organized by USAID WA-WASH every three months in a different country in West Africa.  The meeting brings together the major WASH stakeholders and the USAID/West Africa funded WASH project in the region. For more information, click here

The USAID WA-WASH Program was organized in collaboration with ACCESS, another USAID/West Africa funded project, a workshop on program achievements and lessons learned. The workshop brought together a number of stakeholders from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger. For more information, click here.

In this article, Dr. Boukerrou discusses the West Afrique Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WA-WASH) Program and its impact in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger. This article appeared in Issue 20 of the Eau Afrique Magazine following the Afrique Water Association 18^th Congress held in Nairobi, Kenya February 22-27, 2016. For the complete article, click here.

This is a radio podcast by Radio France International (RFI) discussing the USAID West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (USAID WA-WASH) Program goals, objectives, and achievements for the target populations in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger. The interview with Dr. Boukerrou starts at the Program’s Regional Headquarters in Ouagadougou the capital of Burkina Faso and continues in the field locations of Ouégléga and Koudiéré, two villages in the commune of Tanghin-Dassouri South of Ouagadougou.  For the news article click here, and for the podcast click here.

At the WASH Governance Workshop held in Kumasi, Ghana for Members of Parliament, Dr. Boukerrou called on West African countries to adopt aggressive water management policies to ensure the sustainability of water resources in the face of dwindling water resources in a number of countries of the region. For more information, click here

In this interview, Dr. Boukerrou urged governments in West Africa to find financial resources to invest in sanitation so the sector does not solely depend on aid. For more information, click here