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Western Sudan's Darfur region has been torn apart by war, largely due to lack of sufficient access to water. Now aid groups struggle to maintain the fragile peace through water-related programs.
Water scarcity has led to conflict in Darfur
The conflict in western Sudan's Darfur region erupted more than eight years ago, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives and displacing an estimated 2 million people from their homes. Disputes over scarce water supplies and grazing land between black African farmers and Arab pastoralist communities were largely responsible for triggering the war.
Lack of access to water remains one of the major drivers of the ongoing conflict in Darfur. An international conference in Khartoum at the end of June will focus on the critical issue of water and how water's equitable use and management can help build peace in the troubled region.
"Water is one of the main root causes of this conflict," Mohamed Yonis, deputy joint special representative of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) told Deutsche Welle.
"There is a need to address this issue and we do believe that water will serve as an instrument for peace," he added.
http://www.dw.de/peace-flows-from-water-and-water-from-peace-in-darfur/a-15176931
Lack of access to water remains one of the major drivers of the ongoing conflict in Darfur. An international conference in Khartoum at the end of June will focus on the critical issue of water and how water's equitable use and management can help build peace in the troubled region.
"Water is one of the main root causes of this conflict," Mohamed Yonis, deputy joint special representative of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) told Deutsche Welle.
"There is a need to address this issue and we do believe that water will serve as an instrument for peace," he added.
http://www.dw.de/peace-flows-from-water-and-water-from-peace-in-darfur/a-15176931
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