Violent clashes between government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) cause the destruction of a water point and leave a reported 10 people dead and 16 more wounded in Wichok, Rubkona, Unity, South Sudan.
Residents of Bushbuckridge, Ehlanzeni, Mpumalanga, South Africa, who claim to have asked for water for three years, stage a protest, including burning tires. Police respond to the protest, firing rubber bullets.
Two citizen groups fight two days in a row over allegedly illegal water and electricity connections in the City of Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa.
People protesting water outages are dispersed by police officers in Port Sudan, Red Sea, Sudan.
Residents protesting road conditions and lack of clean water are dispersed by police with teargas in Matatiele, Alfred Nzo, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The protest tactics were reported to include blocking roads with burning tires and large boulders.
Protests in Boke, Guinea about lack of water and electricity lead to clashes between police and protestors, leading to property damage, three dead, and 41 wounded.
People identified as militants destroy several water pumps and a number of fields and seize cattle in Kewa, Djenne, Mopti, Mali.
Ten people who had been uprooted from their homes by Boko Haram are arrested when protesting for better water, food, and healthcare at their temporary camps in Konduga, Borno, Nigeria.
Fighting is reported between youth and herdsmen over the alleged killing of a farmer by the herdsmen and the destruction of water sources used by their cattle.
Five people from a citizen water committee and local police in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan, are reportedly beaten and tortured by military officers after asking the military to allow local residents to organize and take water from a local source. Residents stage protests against the violent reaction of the military.