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

Written byLova Rakotomalala

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Posted 1 October 2013 13:29 GMT

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

 

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