Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Who owns the Nile? It’s more complicated
than you think
Countries that share critical necessities
such as water, natural and maritime resources have basically two choices to
make, share or dispute. If the parties try to share the necessities, they have
to have long enduring talks, patience and concessions. If they can’t reach an
agreement, they keep disputing, which could lead to a conflict or war.
The Nile, the 6,853km-long river is an inter-national
river as its water resources are shared by eleven countries, Tanzania, Uganda,
Rwanda, Burundi, Congo-Kinshasa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan
and Egypt. It is the primary water source of Egypt and Sudan. How have they
been managing and sharing this shared resource over centuries and millenniums?
Enjoy reading and learning the historic, as
they claim, agreement those river-users made.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/03/egypt-ethiopia-sudan-sign-accord-nile-dam-150323193458534.html
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