Sub-Saharan Africa

Members and supporters of the ANC protest over insufficient free water and electricity in South Africa.

Hundreds of residents and municipal union members protest the lack of free water in their town in South Africa.

A group of women on canoes protest safeguards on oil standards by blocking water access to a naval base in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.

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.

Students riot over power cuts and water shortages.

Boran militia attack Gabra village near the Ethiopian border. The attack is linked to long-running disputes over land and water.

Riots occur at the main prison in Abidjan over a water shortage.

Sudanese rioters who are protesting against the failure of schools to reopen as well as water and electricity shortages clash with police who intervene to quell the riot. At least one student is killed and many are injured.

Residents riot when city officials cut of water supplies to 1000 homes who are defunct on their payment. Police move in and disperse the crowd with rubber bullets.

Twenty people total are killed in clashes between Orma and Pokomo ethnic groups over access to fresh water in Kenya.