A severe drought in Northern KwaZulu-Natal sparks “water riots’ in the town of Jozini over access to water and in opposition to the installation of water meters. Violence erupts after a community protest, leading to the arrest of 23 people.
Students lead a campus protest at a university over water outages, power cuts, and fees in Nkonkobe, Amathole, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The protest turns violent and the campus is shut down.
People protesting the lack of water supply are dispersed by police after some items are set on fire and access to a local highway is blocked in Matam, Conakry, Guinea.
People protesting in Sangar?di, Boke, Guinea against cuts to water and power services are reported to have raided and attacked the gendarmerie, the police premises, and the residences of several individuals.
Gunfire is exchanged between a soldier and a local resident due to a water dispute in Qandala, Bari, Somalia. Both parties are wounded.
Violent clashes break out between youth and police, causing injuries on both sides, including reports of two youths sustaining injuries from gunfire. The youth are protesting against power and water cuts in Sangar?di, Boke, Guinea.
Two men from within the same clan get in a violent dispute over a well and the water supply in the village of Buundo Weyn, Beledweyne, Hiiraan, Somalia. One of the men shoots the other, killing him.
Al-Shabaab militants destroy an important water well that had been drilled by the Kenyan army in the town of Lafey, Mandera County, leaving hundreds of residents without water.
A conflict between two clans that started over the use of water and pastureland leaves at least 14 people dead and 50 others injured in Garowe, Nugaal, Somalia. Sources differ on the number of dead and the date of the violent clash.
One person is shot and killed after violence erupts between the farmer and herder communities in Kenya where water and land disputes are a driver of conflict.