At least 25 people have been killed and 22 others injured following violent clashes between rival ethnic groups over access to scarce water resources in central Chad.

The fighting erupted over competing claims to local water supplies, highlighting the growing pressure on vital natural resources across the region.

Scarcity of water and arable land has increasingly driven inter-communal friction in central Chad, prompting calls for security forces to intervene and mediate the conflict to prevent further loss of life.

–ChannelAfrica–