Africa: Water and Conflict

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In 2001 then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan declared: "Fierce competition for fresh water may well become a source of conflict and wars in the future." A year later he revised that position, saying water problems could be a "catalyst for cooperation".

Delivered after decades of "water war" threats that never materialized, Annan's conflicting statements hint at the complexity of understanding how water and conflict interact.

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