Treaties are needed to govern water resource allocation in the Nile basin region. For this to happen it's critical to have accurate data on how much water there is.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Nile basin
Displaying all articles
An historical perspective on the politics, dominance and conflicts over the dams on the Nile is useful.
Egypt wants a guarantee that the filling and operation of the Renaissance Dam will not affect the rights it got in 1959.
Instead of allocating the Nile waters based on a fixed, perpetual water supply Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt must consider changes in weather patterns, among other factors.
Despite more rainfall, devastating hot and dry spells are projected to become more frequent in the Upper Nile basin in the future.
There's almost no place on earth that doesn't hold traces of humanity. But which routes did our ancestors follow first?
The threat to use force to defend Egypt's right to water from the Nile has been a common theme through successive governments.
The urgency of an agreement to reasonably and equitably share benefits on the Nile Basin can't be overstated. It would create a a transparent atmosphere in the countries that depend on the Nile.
Top contributors
-
JSD/Ph.D candidate, University of the Pacific
-
Visiting Adjunct Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
-
Director, International Waters Governance Initiative IAR, University of British Columbia
-
Neukom Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Dartmouth College
-
Head of Political Science Department, College of Law and Politics, University of Human Development, Iraq
-
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Louisville
-
Assistant Professor, College of Arts. Department of Tourism & Archaeology, University of Ha'il
-
Assistant Professor, Deptartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali
-
Postdoctoral Researcher in Remote Sensing Hydrology, Binghamton University, State University of New York
-
Professor, Vice president for Academic Affairs and Provost, at Illinois State University, Illinois State University
-
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Dartmouth College
