How is the struggle for water, such as in Ethiopia and Kenya, shaping conflicts in this century?

by Steve Lussing

As the populations of Ethiopia and Kenya continue to grow, access to that most fundamental of all natural resources - water - is becoming ever more problematic. Ethiopian plans for irrigating 300,000 acres with water dive...read more

by James Skye

Is the world running out of water? Note what Kofi Annan, who served as the seventh Secretary - General of the United Nations, had to say about the subject back in 1999 during the World Day for Water: "Access to a secur...read more

by Julia Bodeeb White

Water equals survival in Ethiopia and Kenya. Strife is growing due to lack of water. While 70% of the earth is comprised of water, less than 5% of water is fit for human consumption. The World Health Organization states...read more

by Minda

Would you care about water use if you knew it could trigger the next world war? Despite the fact that many people think oil will precipitate the next world conflict, water, a valuable commodity more essential to our daily ...read more

by Keith Bailey

Faadi Jilo makes a daily four mile trek to pick up water for her family. But she doesn't hop into a Suburban and drive to the local grocery store for bottled water. The thirty year old Ethiopian woman lashes an empty twent...read more

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by David Gittlin

World War III is a distinct possibility unless we act now. The ignition switch of the conflict will most likely be water, not issues like the world oil supply or terrorism, as most people assume. More than one Billio...read more

by hibernianscribe

Ethiopia is suffering a major drought with the crises in China and Burma securing donations ahead of this remote African country. East Africa has a long coastline however it is a dry, arid region and was long expected to b...read more

by Jane Smith

Ethiopia and Kenya are drying. So are The Great Lakes, on the other side of the world. And global warming is causing the increasingly warm water vapors within our stratosphere to escape into outer space, never to be recl...read more

by Rosemary Redfern

Water is becoming a world wide problem with the effects of climate change. Ethiopia and Kenya have had little rain in the last few years so that wells are drying up. In an pastoralist region this is a disaster. If the...read more

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by John Cann

The Economics of Poverty: Natural Resources Shape Conflict Developing nations are challenged by poverty, poor governing, and a plethora of obstacles including outside influences such as exploitation of natural resources...read more

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by Marcus Brooks

People in the Third World nations have no idea what Americans go through. In our country, we're gassing up our SUVs (sport-utility vehicles), trucks and fancy automobiles on $4.00 a gallon of gasoline. Oil barrels rose t...read more

by Colette Georgii

The earth is formed of 70% water but most of this is not freshwater, which is what people and animals drink and what countries, states, territories, ethnic groups, and neighbors struggle over. Of this 70% only 2.5% is...read more

by Darrell Miller

Will the struggle for water affect you in the near future? U.S. extended, on-going drought is shaping interstate conflicts especially in desert areas. The problem is worldwide and is accelerating depletion of world-food pr...read more

by Sally Hart

As worldwide oil and gas production peaks and consumer demand ever increases, conflict over these scarce resources is well publicized. However, as the Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting states, while wealthy nations like...read more

by Donna Houston

How is the struggle for water, such as in Ethiopia and Kenya, shaping conflicts in this century? How long do you think you can live without water? Depending on whom you ask the answer is somewhere between three days ...read more

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by Lauren Bove

There is as much water on the planet now as was present in prehistoric times. Water is part of the global commons and thus requires ultimate protection, both the right to it and the resource itself. What appears to be a ...read more

by Birupakshya Dixit

Water is the commonest stuff on earth, only 2.53 per cent of it is fresh, that is potable while the rest 97.47 is salt. This 2.53 percent is plenty to address the demand of the whole population of the globe but we have des...read more

by Amandaeve Macleod

Celeste I was born in the sunlight of a Kingdom which will never be forgotten. In the prosperity of his nation, he was known and loved for his leadership and greatness of humanity by all who listened to his speeches gathe...read more

by Nestor Encinas

How is the struggle for water, such as in Ethiopia and Kenya, shaping conflicts in this century? Water is in abundant supply. A massive portion of the earth's water supply is locked-up in the oceans which account for 97...read more

by Sandeep Varghese

The trading town of Rabdore, Somalia had a well. In most towns around the world a well is essential but not the focal point of the lives of the people. But in Rabdore, this well was better guarded than the local bank. Life...read more