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5 Myths Surround the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)
The Nile River is the source of life for about 300 million residents of Africa in 11 different countries. Over...
Uganda Weighs Energy Needs Against Tourism Industry | Marketplace
This article originally appeared on Marketplace. River guides help tourists rafting the intense rapids on the White Nile. Many are...
More Calls for Anti-Dam Protests in Sudan | Radio Dabanga
Cooking area for Amri school, set up by Merowe Dam refugees after they were flooded out. The Merowe Dam was...
Water Insecurity & Climate Change In Africa
The Niger, Nile and Zambezi basins Author’s own Africa has the largest number of surface water bodies crossing or forming...
“When We Save A River, We Save Ourselves” River Guardian Betty Obbo
Betty Obbo (center) at Rivers for Life 3 International Rivers When Ugandan activist Betty Obbo first came to environmental work,...
20 Things You Didn’t Know About the Nile
The Nile River in Sudan. International Rivers 1. The Nile is Africa’s longest river, covering 4,101 miles – roughly the...
Who Benefits From the Nile?
In a drama that involved threats, name-calling and finger-pointing, a new episode was recently inaugurated when the President of Egypt...
The Nile Project: A River Runs Through Them
The Nile Project “Rivers Unite, Dams Divide.” It’s my favorite activist slogan, one I learned from Turkish activists, and it...
Take Action for Illegally Detained Dam Fighter in Sudan
Kober prison (Radio Dabanga) On September 23, 2014, Sudanese security forces detained Mr. Rashid Sheikh Eldin Abash, a peaceful Nubian...
The Nile Project Uses Music to Transcend Borders
The Nile Project Musicians in Cairo Photo: Matjaz Kacicnik The Nile Project is an educational and arts initiative started in...