Event:Africa Wiki Challenge 2026/Article List
AWC 2026 — Article List
[edit]Theme: Water for Life in Africa
[edit]Historical Water Systems
[edit]| Article | Source | What to Edit |
|---|---|---|
| Nile River | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile | Expand historical irrigation systems in African societies |
| Niger River | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger_River | Add trade routes and ecological importance in West Africa |
| Lake Chad | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chad | Update shrinkage data and humanitarian impact |
| Ancient Egyptian agriculture | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_agriculture | Expand irrigation techniques and water management systems |
| Sahel drought | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahel_drought | Add timeline of major drought events in Africa |
Water Scarcity & Climate
[edit]| Article | Source | What to Edit |
|---|---|---|
| Water scarcity in Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_scarcity_in_Africa | Add updated statistics and West Africa case studies |
| Climate change in Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_Africa | Strengthen water-security relationship |
| Desertification | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertification | Add Sahel and Horn of Africa case studies |
| Drought | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drought | Add African drought history examples |
Governance & Policy
[edit]| Article | Source | What to Edit |
|---|---|---|
| SDG 6 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goal_6 | Add Africa progress gaps and challenges |
| African Ministers’ Council on Water | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Ministers%27_Council_on_Water | Expand programs and outcomes |
| Nile Basin Initiative | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Basin_Initiative | Add cooperation and conflict analysis |
| Water resources management | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_resources_management | Add African governance frameworks, add country specific water resources management pages |
| The National Economic, Social and Environmental Council (NESEC) on water management in Morocco by Hictham Filali Zehri ||https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Greenvertone1
Waters Police car in Morocco https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Police_Waters_1.jpg
Waters Police || https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Greenvertone1/sandbox
Infrastructure & Technology
[edit]| Article | Source | What to Edit |
|---|---|---|
| Hydroelectric power in Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectric_power_in_Africa | Add social impact of dams |
| Akosombo Dam | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosombo_Dam | Expand displacement and economic impact |
| Borehole | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borehole | Add rural Africa expansion trends |
| Irrigation | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation | Add African irrigation systems section |
| Nature-based solutions | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature-based_solutions | Add section on relevance of NBS for Africa |
Water Crisis & Health
[edit]| Article | Source | What to Edit |
|---|---|---|
| Waterborne disease | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterborne_disease | Add African disease burden statistics |
| Cholera | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera | Expand African outbreak history |
| Water pollution | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_pollution | Add mining and urban Africa pollution cases |
Society & Daily Life
[edit]| Article | Source | What to Edit |
|---|---|---|
| Water supply and sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Sub-Saharan_Africa | Update access statistics |
| Right to water | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_water | Add African legal adoption examples |
| Water fetching | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fetching | Expand gender and education impacts |
Culture & Indigenous Knowledge
[edit]| Article | Source | What to Edit |
|---|---|---|
| African traditional religion | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_traditional_religion | Expand water symbolism section |
| Sacred river | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_river | Add African sacred river examples |
| Indigenous water systems in Africa |
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syst%C3%A8me_d%27eau_intelligent_en_Afrique | |
| Rainwater harvesting in Africa |
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_collecte_des_eaux_de_pluie_en_Afrique |
Innovation & Future Systems
[edit]| Article | Source | What to Edit |
|---|---|---|
| Rainwater harvesting | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainwater_harvesting | Add African rural applications |
| Desalination | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desalination | Add North African case studies |
| Smart water systems in Africa | — | Create article on AI/IoT water monitoring |
| Water innovation hubs in Africa | — | Create article on youth-led water innovation ecosystems |
Africa Wiki Challenge 2026 — Article List
[edit]This list is for creating and improving Wikipedia articles under the theme Water for Life in Africa. Contributors can select any river system to work on.
| River / Water System | Country / Region | Focus Area (Why It Matters) | Action Needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Volta tributaries (e.g. Nasia River) | Ghana / Burkina Faso | Flood control, irrigation, rural livelihoods | Create / Expand |
| Black Volta tributary systems (Builsa River) | Ghana / Côte d’Ivoire | Seasonal farming water systems | Create |
| Densu River upper streams | Ghana | Drinking water source for Accra | Expand |
| Pra River tributaries (Ofin system) | Ghana | Mining pollution and water supply issues | Expand |
| Ankobra River headwaters | Ghana | Forest and mining impact zones | Create |
| Tano River tributaries | Ghana / Côte d’Ivoire | Cross-border water governance system | Expand |
| Oti River tributary system | Ghana / Togo / Benin | Major Volta Basin feeder system | Expand |
| Senegal River tributary systems (Falémé River) | Mali / Senegal | Mining and agriculture water use | Expand |
| Gambia River tributaries (Koulountou system) | Guinea / Senegal | Seasonal river systems | Create |
| Niger River seasonal systems (Dallol Bosso) | Niger | Inland seasonal hydrology system | Create |
| Komoé River upper tributaries | Côte d’Ivoire / Burkina Faso | Forest ecosystem water systems | Create |
| Sanaga River tributaries (Mbam system) | Cameroon | Hydropower and forest hydrology | Expand |
| Ogooué River tributaries | Gabon | Rainforest hydrology systems | Create |
| Ruvuma River tributaries | Tanzania / Mozambique | Cross-border ecosystem water system | Expand |
| Rufiji River tributary system (Great Ruaha) | Tanzania | Hydropower and agriculture basin | Expand |
| Shire River feeder streams | Malawi | Lake Malawi outlet system | Expand |
| Awash River tributaries | Ethiopia | Rift Valley water stress system | Expand |
| Sobat River tributaries | South Sudan | White Nile floodplain system | Expand |
| Limpopo River tributaries (Shashe system) | Botswana / Zimbabwe | Transboundary water stress zone | Expand |
| Zambezi River seasonal feeder streams | Zambia / Mozambique | Floodplain ecosystem dynamics | Create |
| Okavango Delta inflow channels | Angola / Botswana | Inland delta hydrology system | Expand |
| Orange River upper tributaries | South Africa / Lesotho | Irrigation and water supply systems | Expand |
| Aba River (Nigeria) | Nigeria | faced different level of pollution | Improve |
| Abanga River right tributaries | Gabon | rises in the Cristal Mountains | Improve |
| Abara River tributary of the Agwei River | South Sudan | may run dry during the dry season | Improve |
| Achwa River joins the White Nile | Uganda/South Sudan | lifeline for communities along its path | Improve |
| Adar River tributary of the White Nile | South Sudan | upstream of the town of Melut | Improve |
| Agbado River discharges into the Zou River | Benin | flows south from its source | Improve |
| Buffels River | South Africa | river in the Northern Cape province of South Africa | Create |
| Bantyiketu River | Ethiopia | river in Addis Ababa | Create |
| Drainage System | Country / Region | Focus Area (Why It Matters) | Action Needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaneshie Storm Drain | Ghana | storm drain at Kaneshie under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID Project) | Create |
| Nima Drainage Channel | Ghana | urban waterway running through Nima and Maamobi areas | Create |
| Mataheko Drainage Channel | Ghana | Odaw River basin's sub-tributary network | Create |
| Ogunpa Drainage Channel | Nigeria | infamous for catastrophic flash floods | Create |
| Lagos Mainland Drainage Canal | Nigeria | designed to carry storm-water runoff to the Lagos Lagoon | Create |
| Lekki Drainage Canal | Nigeria | act as critical pathways to channel excess rainfall into the lagoon | Create |
| Nairobi River Drainage Channel | Kenya | receives runoff from major tributaries like the Ngong and Mathare rivers | Create |
| Mombasa Island Stormwater Canal | Kenya | channels rainwater runoff from the flat island terrain directly into the Indian Ocean | Create |
| Kisumu Urban Drainage System | Kenya | designed to manage stormwater and prevent seasonal flooding | Create |
| Lugogo Drainage Channel | Uganda | component of Kampala's stormwater management | Create |
| Lubigi Drainage Canal | Uganda | crucial for mitigating seasonal flooding in the Bwaise and Kawempe divisions | Create |
| Kinawataka Drainage System | Uganda | manages stormwater for the Nakawa division | Create |
| Cape Flats Drainage Canal | South Africa | network of primary stormwater channels | Create |
| Soweto Stormwater Channel | South Africa | mitigate historic flooding risks in Johannesburg | Create |
| Alexandra Township Drainage System | South Africa | severely strained, resulting in chronic flash flooding | Create |
| Lusaka Central Drainage Canal | Zambia | manage stormwater and mitigate perennial flooding | Create |
| Mongu Stormwater Drain | Zambia | designed to channel excess rainwater and runoff from the town | Create |
| Kanyama Drainage System | Zambia | mitigating severe, perennial flooding and waterborne disease outbreaks | Create |
| Msimbazi Drainage Channel | Tanzania | urban waterway that routinely causes severe flooding | Create |
| Kariakoo Stormwater Canal | Tanzania | open channels that direct rainwater into the nearby Msimbazi River basin | Create |
| Temeke Drainage Canal | Tanzania | designed to mitigate flooding in Temeke's rapidly expanding unplanned settlements | Create |
| Maputo Drainage Canal System | Mozambique | mitigate severe, recurrent flooding and protect vulnerable informal settlements | Create |
| Beira Stormwater Channel | Mozambique | integrates concrete primary canals (Valas A1 and A3) with green infrastructure | Create |
| Chiveve Drainage Canal | Mozambique | acts as the city's central stormwater catchment and ocean-outflow | Create |
| Douala Urban Drainage Canal | Cameroon | network of urban drainage channels that extend over more than through nine watersheds | Create |
| Yaoundé Stormwater Network | Cameroon | features a network of concrete channels, retention basins, designed to mitigate flooding | Create |
| Mfoundi Flood Canal | Cameroon | constructed to mitigate severe flooding | Create |
| Dakar Flood Drainage Canal | Senegal | aims to propose a method capable of modelling flows | Create |
| Pikine Drainage Network | Senegal | aims at improving sanitation infrastructure in Pikine, a suburb of Dakar | Create |
| Guédiawaye Stormwater Channel | Senegal | aims at improving sanitation infrastructure in Guédiawaye, a suburb of Dakar | Create |
| Abidjan Lagoon Drainage Canal | Ivory Coast | newly-built drainage channel in the Abobo commune in northern Abidjan | Create |
| Yopougon Stormwater Drain | Ivory Coast | concrete-lined systems to mitigate seasonal urban flooding in Yopougon, Abidjan | Create |
| Cocody Flood Canal | Ivory Coast | major urban drainage and lagoon restoration infrastructure in Abidjan | Create |
| Addis Ababa Flood Drainage Canal | Ethiopia | urban storm water drainage network integration in Addis Ababa | Create |
| Akaki Stormwater Channel | Ethiopia | primary drainage basin for Addis Ababa | Create |
| Merkato Drainage System | Ethiopia | mix of traditional open stormwater channels and newer, underground networks | Create |