Protests over water shortages turn violent

Residents protesting against water shortages are reported to have burned water tanks meant to help alleviate the problem.

Residents of Msinga, Umzinyathi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, protesting against water shortages, block roads, target vehicles with stones, loot shops, and shoot at police.

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.

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.

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.

Local militia allegedly supported by the Sudan People’s Liberation Army attack Kenyan herdsmen who crossed the border in search of water and pasture for their cattle.

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.

Eleven people are injured after clashes between herdsmen over a water point in South Kordofan, Sudan.

Fighting between two clans near Lagawa, West Kordofan, Sudan over ownership of a water point leaves six dead and several others wounded.