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A fisherman in Ethiopia on May 14, 2007. (photo: Klaas Lingbeek van Kranen)
You think of water when the well is empty.
Although we strive to be prepared, sometimes we can be caught unawares. That is why it’s worth thinking about water before the well goes dry. Correspondents from across the Nile Basin share their experiences and observations about the Nile and try to find answers to the most relevant water security questions.
Sixteen The Niles correspondents from across 10 Nile Basin countries attended the MiCT The Niles workshop and editorial conference from 20. to 23. February, in Addis Ababa. (photo: The Niles | Nik Lehnert)
Sixteen The Niles correspondents from across 10 Nile Basin countries attended the MiCT The Niles workshop and editorial conference from 20. to 23. February, in Addis Ababa. (photo: The Niles | Nik Lehnert)
Sixteen The Niles correspondents from across 10 Nile Basin countries attended the MiCT The Niles workshop and editorial conference from 20. to 23. February, in Addis Ababa. (photo: The Niles | Nik Lehnert)
Water Security

What is ‘The Niles’?

MiCT The Niles
The Niles advances to a media platform that covers not only contributions from Sudan and South Sudan, but extends to the entire Nile Basin.
27.02.2018
Water Security

Can the Nile Basin balance the water-energy- food nexus?

Frederic Musisi
The growing population in the Nile Basin is deeply reliant on the water of the river. Countries must overcome mistrust to negotiate a complex system of trade-offs, between water, energy and food production.
27.02.2018
Water Security

8 things you didn’t know about the Nile

Esther Muwombi
Our correspondent Esther Muwombi compiled a few things you probably never knew about the Nile.
28.02.2018
Water Security

How much water can a donkey carry?

Elzahraa Jadallah
A shantytown on the edge of Sudan’s most populous city has no official water supply. Instead, residents have to rely on tanks filled with groundwater and barrels bought from the back of donkey carriages.
28.02.2018
Women spread fish to dry in the sun on the shore of Lake Victoria in Tanzania, 12. June 2016. (photo: Richard Mortel) Women spread fish to dry in the sun on the shore of Lake Victoria in Tanzania, 12. June 2016. (photo: Richard Mortel) Women spread fish to dry in the sun on the shore of Lake Victoria in Tanzania, 12. June 2016. (photo: Richard Mortel)
Balancing development and conservation

How can we best protect Lake Victoria’s ecosystem?

Sylivester Domasa
Tanzania’s Minister for Water and Irrigation, Isack Kamwelwe, spoke to The Niles about his government’s efforts to protect Lake Victoria’s delicate ecosystem.
1.03.2018
Transporting people and goods on the Nile is an important source of income for many entrepreneurs living along the river. (photo: The Niles | Mugume Davis)
Fast and convenient
Is the Nile still an important transport route?
5.03.2018  |  Economy
Women and children carrying jerry cans filled with water. (photo: The Niles | Henry Lutaaya)
The answer beneath the earth
Can groundwater reserves solve water scarcity?
6.03.2018  |  Politics
The Nile Basin annual fresh fish production is estimated at 3 million tons. (photo: The Niles | Mugume Davis)
Combating illegal fishing
Can fishing survive as a way of life along the River Nile?
7.03.2018  |  Economy
A donkey water-carriage operator in Port Sudan, December 2017. (photo: The Niles | Elzahraa Jadallah)
A long-desired dream
Can the Nile River secure Port Sudan’s water supply?
8.03.2018  |  Society
A project site of Lake Cyohoha ecosystem recovery programme on October 13, 2015. (photo: Green Fund Rwanda)
The impact of human activity
Is Lake Cyohoha’s biodiversity declining?
9.03.2018  |  Society
Children playing along the Nile in Uganda, January 11, 2018. (photo: The Niles | Esther Muwombi)
Ensuring the water’s safety
What can local people do to protect the Nile?
12.03.2018  |  Society
The Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya, September 24, 2016. (photo: The Niles | Nik Lehnert)
A lifeline for people and wildlife
Could the Mara River disappear?
13.03.2018  |  Society
Water security in the Niles Basin
24 questions and answers
19.03.2018  |  Society
 (photo: picture alliance / Reuters / Tiksa Negeri)
Regional Nile Day 2018 Issue
You think of water when the well is empty...
22.02.2018  |  Society