Mozambique targets dam in fight vs. South Africa
Regular destruction of power lines from Cahora Bassa Dam during fight for independence in the region. Dam targeted by RENAMO (the Mozambican National Resistance).
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Lesotho coup partly over water
South Africa supports a bloodless coup by Lesotho’s defense forces. Immediately afterward, the two countries agree to share water from the Highlands of Lesotho, following 30 years of unsuccessful negotiations. There is disagreement over the degree to which water was a motivating factor for either party.
South Africa cuts off black community’s water
Pro-apartheid council cuts off water to the Wesselton township of 50,000 blacks following protests over miserable sanitation and living conditions.
Alleged attempt to infect the water supply to a refugee camp with biological agents
The Civilian Cooperation Bureau, a covert South African unit, is accused of an attempt to infect the water supply of a refugee camp in Dabora, Namibia, with cholera and yellow fever. The attempt is thought to fail due to the high chlorine content in the water.
Angolans attack South African dam
Cuban and Angolan forces launch an attack on Calueque Dam via land and then air. Considerable damage inflicted on dam wall; power supply to dam cut. Water pipeline to Ovamboland cut and destroyed.
Waterworks are sabotaged by armed groups
In Mozambique, unidentified armed groups sabotage waterworks and burn houses of civilians.
Protest against water prices
The Mauritania government breaks up protests of water and electricity prices.
Police prevent students from protesting the lack of water on campus
Three students are seriously wounded in a clash with police at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Police are preventing students from protesting the lack of water and electricity on campus.
Orma and Degodia clans wage war over scarce resources in Kenya
The Orma and Degoodi clans wage war over grazing land and water due to a severe drought, with 10 fatalities.
Violence occurs over land use of a water catchment area in Kenya
In October 1993, violence erupts in the Narok district of Kenya’s Rift Valley province. Maasai warriors attack immigrant Kikuyu settlers and massacre at least 17 of them, after Kikuyi settlers allegedly mutilated Maasai cattle. 16 more Kikuyus are killed in other parts of Narok and the rest of the Kikuyu population is forced out of the area and into refugee camps. Environmental concerns played a central role: a few months previously, the Narok County Council had declared Enosupukia, the site…