Fight breaks out over access to water storage tank
A fight breaks out between two militias over a dispute concerning an underground water storage tank.
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Demonstration over access to clean drinking water turns violent.
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.
Water well is poisoned in Somalia, killing more than 30 people
Thirty-two people are reported killed and many others sickened from a poisoned water well in Masuubiye, Baidoa, Somalia. It is suspected that the well was poisoned by al Shabaab, a militant group affiliated with Al-Qaeda, in an attempt to prevent government soldiers from drinking the water.
Violence between herdsmen and farmers over access to water and pasture
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.
11 deaths attributed to ongoing conflict between herdsmen and farmers
11 are killed and 11 more injured during an attack by Fulani herdsmen on a farming community in Central Nigeria, ignited by the continuing conflict over land and water resources.
More than 70 water systems damaged in Ethiopia related to violent conflicts
At least 76 water systems have been damaged by the ongoing conflict in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. The larger conflict leading to these casualties is between different ethnic groups and has displaced hundreds of thousands of people.
Conflicts over pasture land and water resources lead to violence
14 people are killed in Northern Kenya, near Marsabit, after ongoing conflicts between two ethnic groups over land and water resources turns violent.
A large number of deaths is reported in attack on farmers by armed herdsmen in Nigeria over water and land resources
On a single day in Nigeria’s Plateau state, an attack by armed herdsmen leaves dozens in farming communities dead. This attack is part of ongoing violence that is in part triggered by access to water and land resources. Reports vary in the number dead; one cites 200 and another, 86.
Violence in western Ethiopia, in part driven by shortages of water and land resources, displaces one million people
Violence in western Ethiopia displaces one million people. The violence is in part driven by shortages of water and land resources.
One killed and several injured in fighting between farmers and herders in Tanzania over access to water
One person is killed and several police officers are injured in a fight over access to water resources between herders and farmers near the village of Dihida, Morogoro, Tanzania.