War Clouds Gather As Nations Demand A Piece Of The Nile -- Times Online
Without the Nile, Egypt would be a scarcely habitable desert, Sudan a parched wilderness. The world’s longest river flows for more than 4,000 miles through northeast Africa; it irrigates farmland, provides water for drinking and sanitation and drives hydroelectric power stations.
The Nile supplies almost all of Egypt’s fresh water and three quarters of Sudan’s. Both countries claim historic rights over it but neither controls its sources. For thousands of years Egypt has jealously defended its right to use the Nile’s waters as it pleases.
Now, amid warnings of conflict and crop failure, the balance of power is starting to change as other countries make new claims on the water.
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My Comment: Water .... or lack of it .... has already raised concerns and worries in countries like Yemen, India/Pakistan, China, Israel and its neighbors, and the Sub-Saharan region .... why not Egypt/Sudan and the countries that feed the Nile River. Could such differences lead to war .... hmmmm .... wars throughout history have erupted over lesser issues.
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