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#EauSecours: The Hashtag Poking Fun at Water Shortage in Dakar, Senegal

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Senegal, Citizen Media, Digital Activism, Environment, Health, Humor, Protest

Dakar, the capital city of Senegal, has been plagued with water shortage for the past 15 days [1] [fr]. Senegalese on social media are coping with this dire situation with humor and patience. The hashtag #eausecours [2] (#H2OUT) is currently used on Twitter and Facebook to poke fun at the ongoing lack of clean water, as depicted by this unequivocal tweet :