In Chereponi district, Ghana, houses are burned to the ground, animals are killed, and many flee as violence erupts along ethnic lines between Chokosis and Bimobas peoples who are fighting over land and water resources.
Two people are shot by police and paramilitary groups responding to the protests of citizens who have been without electricity or water for several weeks as a result of ongoing political fighting at that national level in Venezuela.
A grandmother and her grandson in a small village in India insist on being allowed to use a private well to get water. The well owner refuses and sends men to beat the grandmother and grandson with sticks, injuring them both. The owner is concerned that his well cannot provide water to the entire village and therefore, he does not want to provide water to anyone.
Heavy shelling and airstrikes between April and June of 2019 destroy water infrastructure in Tripoli, Libya.
A water tank at a primary school in Kirinyaga County, Kenya, is vandalized and poisoned. No one was harmed by the poisoned water.
A water diversion system in the Colorado Rocky Mountains near Berthoud Pass is vandalized, disrupting water deliveries for several days. The act is suspected to be linked to ongoing tensions over water diversions from the Colorado River basin to Denver and other Front Range communities.
Palestine News Network reports a water shut off to 17 Palestinian communities in Hebron, West Bank. The report suggests that the shut off was a purposeful act by Israel to force the movement of local Palestinians out of their homes to make room for more Israeli settlements.
Water shortages in Madhya Pradesh, India intensify during a heat wave, leading to numerous violent conflicts among Indian civilians. In one instance in Khajrana a water truck driver is beaten. In another instance in Panna, eight people are injured during a fight. The local government responds to the violence by ordering police to escort water trucks.
Two men are seriously injured in a clash over water in Krishna Nagar Colony, India.