Tag Archives: Nile River

Who Owns the Nile? Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia’s History-Changing Dam

February 18, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By ANDREW CARLSON Origins A Publication of Ohio State University vol. 6, issue 6 – March 2013 Editor’s Note: Egypt and Sudan are utterly dependent on the waters of the Nile River. Over the past century both of these desert … read more »

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Blue Nile Emerging: Horrors without end and a familiar international acquiescence

February 5, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Eric Reeves Three recent assessments missions to Blue Nile have powerfully expanded our view of the vast crisis in this desperate region, as well as of the better reported humanitarian crisis engineered by Khartoum in the Nuba Mountains of … read more »

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Ethiopia: Likely war over the Blue Nile River?

November 23, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Robele Ababya  The Nile water is the sole lifeline for Egypt to which the Blue Nile River contributes 85%. The Blue Nile River is a vital indispensable resource of Ethiopia for irrigation farming in view of her increasing population, source … read more »

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The Geopolitics of Water in the Nile River Basin

November 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

In Africa, access to water is one of the most critical aspects of human survival. Today, about one third of the total population lack access to water. Constituting 300 million people and about 313 million people lack proper sanitation. (World … read more »

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Ethiopia: Surveying helicopter crashes on Blue Nile River

April 19, 2011 by benim

A helicopter with a team of experts on board has reportedly crashed into the Blue Nile River on Monday, a local an Ethiopian newspaper has reported. Owned by a South African company, the helicopter, which took off from Qoncho area … read more »

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Ethiopia: The Mystery of the Black Nile

December 24, 2010 by benim

A lot has been said about Abay River and the Blue Nile: patriotic poems have been composed, beautiful songs sung in their honor; accords signed, major wars fought and boundaries demarcated. After the recent inauguration of the highly political Tekeze … read more »

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