Régions along the Gulf of Guinea are at high risk of groundwater pollution on the continent, according to a map drawn by researchers at the Université catholique of Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, in Belgium. Much of Central Africa and some coastal lands in Northwest Africa are also vulnerable, the map shows.
Vanclooster, M. (2016). Shallow groundwater poses pollution problem for Africa. SciDev.Net. Published. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/186867 (Original work published 2016)