title: Conflict and raising water prices in Egypt and South Africa - a shrinking but vital commodity, water will be the source of increasing cross-border tensions in Africa
abstract: Escalating tensions between Russia and the West over the former's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region may not lead to another Cold War - which was an ideological confrontation which engaged Africa in the 'hot' proxy wars of the superpowers. However, the Crimea incident not only radically and swiftly recalculated East-West relations, but provided a reminder that nuclear weapons are still possessed in great quantities by Russia and the West. It was just at the end of 2013 that a post-Cold War pr
journal: Africa conflict monthly monitor