(Reuters) - Egypt has been at odds with upriver nations over their efforts to overturn colonial era-treaties granting it a lion's share of the river's flow. Six Nile basin countries signed a deal last ...

Nov 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopia is building a giant dam on the Blue Nile, close to its border with Sudan. Ethiopia says the hydropower project is crucial to its economic development. Egypt is worried the ...

April 27 (Reuters) - Seven African countries are pressing for changes to water allocation from the Nile river, planning a new treaty that would sidestep heavyweights Egypt and Sudan, which are ...

The Nile River is the longest river in the world and is located in the continent of Africa. It splits the land of Egypt from south to north to be divided into two branches that flow into the ...

Here's something that might surprise you: ancient Egyptians called the river "Ar" or "Aur," meaning "black," a reference to the rich, dark sediment that the Nile's waters carried from the Horn of ...

The Nile river basin is an ecosystem under severe stress. The basin is shared by about 400 million people in eleven countries with economies that depend heavily on agriculture, which employs the vast ...

Cruising leisurely down the Nile River is one of the most popular tourist activities in Egypt. Yes, you can see ancient and remarkable temples with almost no effort. Yes, you can see miles of ...

Richard Kyle Paisley has been an adviser to, among others, the Nile Basin Initiative, the United Nations Department of Political Affairs Mediation Support Team and the World Bank Group. The opinions ...