Residents of Nyeri Town, Nyeri, Kenya reportedly destroy an irrigation water pipe that is being run through their land for a neighboring community. The residents who caused the destruction are upset because they don’t believe they would benefit from the project.
Troops from Ethiopia reportedly attack a water source used by al Shabaab, leading to further fighting, in Bulo Burto, Hilraan, Somalia.
Residents of Msinga, Umzinyathi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, protesting against water shortages, block roads, target vehicles with stones, loot shops, and shoot at police.
According to a report, 38 people are killed and another 30 are injured in fighting between two local clans over water points, grazing land, and border areas, in Gogrial West, Warrap, South Sudan.
Two people are killed when local clans fight over control of a water point in Galkayo, Mudug, Somalia.
Fighting is reported between youth and herdsmen over the alleged killing of a farmer by the herdsmen and the destruction of water sources used by their cattle.
Five people from a citizen water committee and local police in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan, are reportedly beaten and tortured by military officers after asking the military to allow local residents to organize and take water from a local source. Residents stage protests against the violent reaction of the military.
Eleven people are injured after clashes between herdsmen over a water point in South Kordofan, Sudan.
A fight breaks out between two militias over a dispute concerning an underground water storage tank.
A demonstration led by locals from the northwest village of Moeka for clean drinking water turns violent. One protester is shot and killed and several homes are destroyed.