On Thursday, in the town of al-Qaim in Iraq’s Anbar province, a driver and two civilians are wounded and a water tanker truck is damaged when unidentified militants detonate an improvised explosive device targeting a water tanker. No group claims responsibility for the attack.
On Wednesday, ordnance experts defuse a homemade bomb discovered by employees planted on a bench inside the gates of the Metro Water District, a government-run building at Cotabato, Philippines. No damage or casualties occur. No group claims of responsibility for the attack.
At the Hassa Hissa camp near Zalinjay, Gharb Darfur, Sudan, ten assailants attempt to damage a water pump outside of an internally displaced person (IDP) camp. The armed men open fire on the pump and set fire to the pump and five generators. The assailants fight with occupants of the camp, wounding one. No group claims responsibility, although it is widely believed the Janjaweed Militia is responsible.
An explosion damages a water pipeline that supplies water to parts of Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, and surrounding suburbs. Tens of thousands of homes are without potable water as a consequence. No group claims responsibility but the act of sabotage occurs shortly after the Sri Lankan government reinvokes anti-terrorism legislation.
At night in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, Philippines, more than 30 armed men detonate an improvised explosive device at the electric transformer of Malago Pump House owned by the Victorias Milling Company sugar refinery before setting it on fire. The damage is initially placed at P400,000 ($9,246 USD). No casualties are reported. New People’s Army militants claim responsibility.
In Lakaro area of Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) militants blow up a water supply tube-well. TTP claims responsibility for the attack saying the tube-well is used for provision of drinking water to Security Forces.
Clashes between protesters and police are reported in the east and south of Algeria, as well as in different neighbourhoods of the capital, over water shortages. Streets are blocked and public buildings are burned.
In early February, Ain Defla (Algeria) residents barricade the municipality and block access to the union and its associates. They demand better transport, water and educational infrastructure.
Students protest against poor conditions at Mombasa Polytechnic University in Kenya, including lack of water supply and proper sanitation. The protest leads to riots and police intervene.
A major cold wave and lack of electricity, gas, and drinking water has led residents of Ain Mlila, Algeria to block major highways until their demands are met.