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“The conflict in Western Sudan’s Darfur region erupted more than eight years ago. It has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced an estimated two million people. Disputes over scarce water and grazing land between black African farmers and Arab pastoralist communities triggered 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 the equitable use and management of this limited resource can help build peace in this troubled region.
When people in developed countries want water, they turn on the tap.
When people in Darfur want water, they have to search far and wide for it.
A UN video shows women and children walking long distances through the arid desert to fetch water in Darfur. They wait in lengthy lines at the communal well to fill their jerry cans with water for their drinking and washing needs. This process is repeated every three or four days.
According to the United Nations, one person uses nearly 400 liters of water per day, in the world’s wealthiest countries. In Darfur, 400 liters of water is shared by 20 people.”
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