A person is injured when an explosive device placed under a water pipeline is detonated in the city of Minya Al-Qamh, Eygpt. The pipeline is not damaged. No one claims responsibility for the explosion.
Fighting around Malakal, in South Sudan, displaces thousands and leaves many dead. A military checkpoint and water pipeline to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound and nearby Protection of Civilians area are targeted and destroyed.
Disputes between two tribes in Libya, the Zwai and Tebu, include attacks on power stations and power cut for the pumps that operate the ‘Man Made River’ pipeline system, leading to water shortages.
Armed Janjaweed militia burn and loot a South Darfur refugee camp, killing a local sheikh, injuring others, looting property and livestock, and destroying all water wells.
A reservoir appears to have been the target of an attack by supposed Muslim fundamentalists in the city of Zintan, Jabal Al Gharbi district, Libya.
A bomb explodes under a water pipe in al-Rahmaniya village, Abu Kebir, Sharqia governorate, Egypt.
Around 60 Islamic State militants raid the Great Manmade River (GMR) project station in Ash Shwayrif, southwest of Sirte. This system provides water to the Libyan Sahara and the northern cities of Benghazi, Sirte, and Tripoli.
Residents of Fernana in northwestern Tunisia threaten to cut off the supply of water delivered by a pumping station to the capital, Tunis. They are protesting economic conditions and repeated water cuts that have sparked anger and protests among the local population. At least one death is reported. Water shortages are experienced in Sousse, Nabeul, Sfax, Kef, Siliana, Beja, Sidi Bouzid, Ben Arous, Medenine and Tataouine. Given the increasing number of protests, the Tunisian citizen’s water observatory, Watchwater, warns against…
A protest in Zagora, Dr?a-Tafilalet, Morocco,over shortages of drinking water turns violent, resulting in 21 arrests, damage to property, and injuries to members of the security force.
Protestors from the city of Chetma, Biskra, Algeria block roads to protest against the decreasing local drinking water supply.