Northern Africa

In June 18-19, demonstrators demanding a solution to a dried up water supply block the main road near Tozeur, leading to clashes with police.

Militants from the Salafist Group for Call and Combat attack a guard station at a water supply company in Thenia, near Boumerdès, Algeria. The two guards are wounded in the attack.

Two people are wounded when a bomb explodes at a local watering hole in Jijel, Algeria.

The Sidi Khaled water tower, which overlooks Tiaret, Algeria, is bombed. Four other similar attacks are cited in Hassi R’mel, Ouled, Tolba, and Arzew.

A long series of protests in July 2017 are reported associated with cuts in the distribution of drinking water. Buses are reportedly damaged by residents; citizens blockade a road; security forces and protesters are injured in confrontations.

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.

Citizens of Grarem Gouga, Mila, Algeria block a road with barricades to demand more water supply, in protest of only receiving water every 15 days.

Residents of Babar, Khenchela, Algeria demonstrate to demand improvement of sanitation and drinking water infrastructure. The demonstrations include blocking roads with burning tires.

Citizens protesting against water cuts shut down the local government, including the city hall, for serveral days in two cities in northern Algeria.

Protestors from the city of Chetma, Biskra, Algeria block roads to protest against the decreasing local drinking water supply.