Students protest over water shortages
Students protest over water shortages.
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Students riot over power cuts and water shortages.
Students riot over power cuts and water shortages.
Violent protests in South Africa
Poor delivery of water and sanitation services in Phumelela Township leads to several months of protests. No one is killed during the protests, but a few people are seriously injured, and municipal property is damaged.
Riots over water shortage kill prisoners
There are two incidents in early November at Abidjan’s main jail, La Maison d’arr?t et de correction d’Abidjan (MACA) , in which prisoners are killed. The first incident is sparked by a lengthy water shortage; prisoners reportedly had not had water for 5 days except for small rations of drinking water. At least 7 prisoners die and 30 are injured in the ensuing riots. U.N. human rights officials said they were investigating the riot and could not give a final…
Government shuts off electricity and water supplies in northern Cote d’lvoire
On November 4, the army carries out “Operation Dignity” and mounts surprise attacks on Bouake, stronghold of opposition forces and the largest city in the north, shattering an 18-month ceasefire. The Government cuts off electricity and water supplies to the north the day before the attacks. They remain off for about a week.
Murusade and Duduble subclans clash over water well in Somalia
Murusade subclan and Duduble subclan clash over a water well, with 23 fatalities. Separately, a dispute between the Dir and Marehan clans over control of water and grazing lands in Heraale leads to a death in October.
Violence over water in Ethiopia
At least 250 people killed and many more injured in clashes over water wells and pastoral lands. Villagers call it the “War of the Well” and describe “well warlords, well widows, and well warriors.” A three-year drought has led to extensive violence over limited water resources, worsened by the lack of effective government and central planning.
Over 90 dead in Kenya water fight
Police are sent to the northwestern part of Kenya to control a major violent dispute between Kikuyu and Maasai groups over water. More than 20 people are killed in fighting in January. By July, the death toll exceeds 90, principally in the rural center of Turbi. The tensions arise over grazing and water. Maasai herdsmen accuse a local Kikuyu politician of diverting a river to irrigate his farm, depriving downstream livestock. Fighting displaces more than 2000 villagers and reflects tensions…
Marehan and Garre clans clash over land and water rights in Somalia
The Marehan and Garre clans clash over land and water rights, with 34 fatalities.
A forced displacement campaign by the Ethiopian military includes destruction of water wells and other sources
During a violent, forced displacement effort by the Ethiopian military, water wells and other water supply sources are destroyed. The Ethiopian military is seeking to move people out of the country side and into larger towns and cities in order to continue their counterinsurgency fight against the Ogaden National Liberation Front. Numerous sources report executions of those who refuse to cooperate.