The United States halts two water development projects as punishment to the Palestinian Authority for their failure to find those responsible for a deadly attack on a US diplomatic convoy in October 2003.
Four people are killed in October and more than 30 injured in November in ongoing protests by farmers over allocations of water from the Indira Ghandi Irrigation Canal in Sri Ganganagar district, which borders Pakistan. Authorities impose curfews on the towns of Gharsana, Raola and Anoopgarh.
There are two incidents in early November at Abidjan’s main jail, La Maison d’arr?t et de correction d’Abidjan (MACA) , in which prisoners are killed. The first incident is sparked by a lengthy water shortage; prisoners reportedly had not had water for 5 days except for small rations of drinking water. At least 7 prisoners die and 30 are injured in the ensuing riots. U.N. human rights officials said they were investigating the riot and could not give a final…
On November 4, the army carries out “Operation Dignity” and mounts surprise attacks on Bouake, stronghold of opposition forces and the largest city in the north, shattering an 18-month ceasefire. The Government cuts off electricity and water supplies to the north the day before the attacks. They remain off for about a week.
Murusade subclan and Duduble subclan clash over a water well, with 23 fatalities. Separately, a dispute between the Dir and Marehan clans over control of water and grazing lands in Heraale leads to a death in October.
At least 250 people killed and many more injured in clashes over water wells and pastoral lands. Villagers call it the “War of the Well” and describe “well warlords, well widows, and well warriors.” A three-year drought has led to extensive violence over limited water resources, worsened by the lack of effective government and central planning.
An explosion damages a water pipeline that supplies water to parts of Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, and surrounding suburbs. Tens of thousands of homes are without potable water as a consequence. No group claims responsibility but the act of sabotage occurs shortly after the Sri Lankan government reinvokes anti-terrorism legislation.
The Marehan and Garre clans clash over land and water rights, with 34 fatalities.
A bomb placed near a water pipeline explodes, causing it to break. That same day, two nearby oil pipelines are also attacked.
A car bomb placed near the Kirkuk city water services director detonates, killing one person and injuring at least 17 others in Kirkuk, Iraq.