A conflict between two clans that started over the use of water and pastureland leaves at least 14 people dead and 50 others injured in Garowe, Nugaal, Somalia. Sources differ on the number of dead and the date of the violent clash.
A fight over water resources erupts in Oaxaca, Mexico, on May 17 between neighboring community members, leaving one dead, several injured, and numerous houses destroyed. The conflict began when one community, San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla, connected to another community’s (Tamazul?pam del Esp?ritu Santo) water pipes without permission.
One person is shot and killed after violence erupts between the farmer and herder communities in Kenya where water and land disputes are a driver of conflict.
Water shortages due to drought and mismanagement contribute to violent unrest of farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India. During one protest, police shoot into a crowd, killing five protestors.
A water well and a desalination plant in Al Mokha District, Taizz, Yemen are hit during air raids.
A water truck is damaged by an air raid in Al-Khawkhah District, Hudaydah, Yemen.
An air raid damages a water well in Nihm District, Sanaa, Yemen.
Airstrikes by coalition forces hits several water projects, killing five civilians and injuring 11 others in Saadah and Sahar, Sadah, Yemen.
Ten people who had been uprooted from their homes by Boko Haram are arrested when protesting for better water, food, and healthcare at their temporary camps in Konduga, Borno, Nigeria.
Violent clashes between government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) cause the destruction of a water point and leave a reported 10 people dead and 16 more wounded in Wichok, Rubkona, Unity, South Sudan.