Officials in Mozambique on Wednesday announced that they are rolling out a water rationing policy in the capital Maputo due to what they call a severe drought.
The city of more than a million residents will not be able to supply water to consumers as water levels reduce significantly.
Casimiro Abreu who is the deputy director of the National Emergency Centre said in a statement that he fears the current lack of water could spark outbreak of diseases.
“Diarrhoeal diseases including cholera are likely to occur in some neighbourhoods where populations will resort to unsafe sources; there,” said Abreu in the statement.
Officials in South Africa have also declared a national disaster following recent drought which has hit the country’s southern and western regions.
The country including Cape Town is facing water crisis as taps run dry as a result of climate change.
Officials have now pushed back the deadline for what it calls “Day Zero”, a time when residents will have to start queuing for water to June 4 from May 11.
Cape Town hotels are reported to have asked guests not to use baths and to limit showers to two minutes or less.
Some restaurants are also switching to disposable cups and dispensing with table linen.
Meanwhile officials in Ghana have announced that they have been forced to begin rationing water for citizens following a drop in water production.
The Ghana Water Company Limited in a statement said it has rolled out a rationing program for the entire country due to the dry season that has set in.
