Which of the world’s cities has the longest line for the washroom?

In Madagascar, where the PM was last month, 88 per cent have no basic toilets.

Zara, 8, second from left, stands with her friends underneath a chalk line that illustrates how tall eight-year-olds should be, at Betesda Primary Public School, near to Morondava, Madagascar. Kate Holt photograph courtesy of WaterAid

Opinion

BY NICOLE HURTUBISE

December 7, 2016

More than 700 million people live in urban areas without access to proper sanitation. Put into context, the line-up for people waiting for toilets in our cities and towns would stretch around the world 29 times. WaterAid’s second annual report on the state of the world’s toilets,

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