Water Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa Peña Ramos, José Antonio López-Bedmar, Rafael José Sastre, Francisco Javier Martínez-Martínez, Adrián Water conflicts Ecosystem management Water resources Sub-Saharan Africa Water resource management Responsible use of scarce resources Freshwater is a strategic natural resource in any region of the world, and this is especially true for the Sub-Saharan Africa region. Sub-Saharan Africa states, where water ecosystems are strategic resources, are oriented towards regional conflict rather than cooperation. However, its fossil fuels—principally, oil and natural gas—have constantly been exposed to scientific scrutiny. To compensate for the scarcity of scientific literature on the issue, the article analyses the role of the unequal distribution of freshwater that has been generating conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa from the time of decolonization. Next, these conflicts are examined. Recommendations on the non-conflictual use of water are provided. 2024-09-13T10:20:26Z 2024-09-13T10:20:26Z 2022-03-24 journal article Peña-Ramos JA, José López-Bedmar R, Sastre FJ and Martínez-Martínez A (2022) Water Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa. Front. Environ. Sci. 10:863903. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.863903 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/94416 10.3389/fenvs.2022.863903 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ open access Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License Frontiers Media