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COUD bans water use in five UCAD halls

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The Dakar University Centre for Works (COUD) has declared the water in halls E, F, G, H and I at Cheikh-Anta-Diop University unfit for consumption. Residents must neither drink it nor use it to prepare food, according to a public notice by the COUD reported by Le Soleil on 15 October 2026.

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