Students riot to protest water shortages
Students riot to protest water shortages in Kenya.
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Clashes between rioters and police over water shortages
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 over cut of water supplies
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 are killed over access to fresh water
Twenty people total are killed in clashes between Orma and Pokomo ethnic groups over access to fresh water in Kenya.
50,000 people flee their homes in central Mali as conflict escalates over land and water
A series of massacres in central Mali, fueled by conflict over land and water resources, causes 50,000 people to flee their homes.
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.
Four people are hospitalized after drinking poisoned water
Four people are hospitalised after drinking water that is poisoned with acid and sold in plastic containers at the 28 September Stadium in Guinea, where the President held a final campaign rally.
Fighting breaks out over the use of a watering hole
Malian herdsmen in Missira-Samoura refuse to allow a horseman from Mauritania to use a watering hole. The Mauritanian horseman rides off and returns to the village with other men. Fighting breaks out and results in two people being killed.