The Kasese district in Western Uganda is characterised by a long history of armed conflict between ethnic groups and tensions over limited resources. With water...
WATCH: Aisha Musa Ismail, known informally as Um Ayman is a mother of nine, a farmer of Shagra village in North Darfur and is a direct beneficiary of the Wadi...
WATCH: It cannot be overstated how valuable regional cooperation is for tackling the security dimensions of climate change. Ayan Mahamoud, Platform Coordinator...
WATCH: In this video, Anders Jägerskog highlights water as a clear example of the linkages between climate and security in the Middle East and North Africa.
WATCH: In this video, Kitty van der Heijden reports first-hand on conflicts resulting from water scarcity in the Nile region and the urgency to utilize...
WATCH: In the Middle East, the consequences of climate change are already a reality of life. The region is one of the most water-stressed areas in the world...
In 1992, plans for converting the Loita Forest – known as the ‘Forest of the Lost Child’ – into a forest reserve met strong opposition from local Maasai...
Since the establishment of the Mafia Island Marine Park in eastern Tanzania for conservation purposes, local access to fisheries and other maritime resources...
After the independence of Namibia in 1990, a number of water-related disagreements have emerged between the Orange River riparians South Africa and Namibia...
The issue of water resources sharing and management has played an important role in the Sudan-South Sudan peace process. In the 2005-2011 interim period, the...
As a consequence of severe mismanagement, Yemen’s water availability is declining dramatically. The impacts on the people are unequally distributed, and...
Egypt is currently using more water than its internal renewable resources, mainly based on Nile fresh water inflows. Water stress in Egypt is expected to...
As the third and thus far largest dam on the Ethiopian Omo River, the Gibe III hydroelectric dam is expected to make an important contribution to Ethiopia’s...
Since the start of deep well drilling in the 1970s, Yemen’s groundwater resources have diminished at a rapid pace - fostered by state subsidies and the absence...
WATCH: Water is being used as a weapon of war on one of Syria’s deadliest battlegrounds, says the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and its local...
WATCH: Water is being used as a weapon of war on one of Syria’s deadliest battlegrounds, says the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and its local...
WATCH: Unconventional gas provides a rapidly increasing new source of energy for the U.S. But what are the geopolitical implications of the U.S. ‘shale gas...
Water-quality issues form an important part of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Despite the efforts of the countries’ leaders to establish peace and to jointly...