On a single day in Nigeria’s Plateau state, an attack by armed herdsmen leaves dozens in farming communities dead. This attack is part of ongoing violence that is in part triggered by access to water and land resources. Reports vary in the number dead; one cites 200 and another, 86.
Violence in western Ethiopia displaces one million people. The violence is in part driven by shortages of water and land resources.
Clashes between farmers over irrigation water across the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border escalate, with at least two instances involving armed guards to defuse the fights. One fight started over the installation of a water pump.
One person is killed when police are sent to halt “illegal” water pumps Kazeroon, Iran, used by farmers and other villagers to access water.
Protests over lack of drinking water supplies in Khorramshahr, Iran begin in front of government buildings. Social media posts of these protests include sounds of shots and cries and show security forces shooting at protesters. Only one protester is reported injured.
A farmer reports losing sight in one eye and wounds from a pellet gun from a clash with police ignited by a strike over lack of water in Varzaneh, Iran.
One person is killed and several police officers are injured in a fight over access to water resources between herders and farmers near the village of Dihida, Morogoro, Tanzania.
Water systems used to transfer water from Isfahan to the neighboring province of Yazd are damaged multiple times by farmers protesting the loss of the water supply. Farmers blame the Iranian government for the lack of water in their region. Reports from social media show police officers attacking farmers associated with the destroyed pipes.
Water shortages are reported by residents living in at least 20 communities near the line of conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine. In spite of a ceasefire negotiated in 2014, the ongoing violence has damaged public utilities, leaving residents without water for days and weeks at a time.
War and soaring temperatures leave many rural communities in South Sudan with little or no local water sources. Women and children are subjected to violent attacks, rape, and murder when traveling to regional sources to collect water. Leaders report conflicts sparked by water shortages occurring between the many of the 60 different ethnic groups across the country.