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7 Jan 2022 YAOUNDE, Cameroon
Violence Escalates In Cameroon; 30,000 Flee To Chad
Cameroonian authorities have reported that the recent bout of violence broke out between fishermen of the Musgum community and ethnic Arab Choa cattlemen over water management and access. With people continuing to arrive in Chad, pressure has been mounting on the African country which is home to 17 million people and around one million refugees and internally displaced families.
9 Feb 2021 GENEVA, Switzerland
Mali Peace Agreements Aim To Reduce Community Violence Over Land, Water Access
Three peace agreements were signed in Mali during January in a bid to end violence among communites that has plagued the circle of Koro in the centre of the country.The terms of the agreements were brokered by the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), a Swiss-based private diplomacy organisation, include commitments to peace by “pardoning past actions and disseminating messages of peace and cohesion” and “facilitating the use of natural resources and land by all communities”...
13 Jan 2021 NYALA, Sudan
Darfur: 15 Killed In Water-related Violence As UNAMID Withdrawal Commences
A dispute over water access in the tribal areas of South Darfur, Sudan left 15 people dead at the end of December, just as the UN was widing up its 13 year peacekeeping mission in the country. According to media reports, a firefight erupted between members of the Masalit and Fallata tribes in Gereida city over access to the Rahad Abu Dereisa water well, leaving two Fallata tribesmen dead...