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Farmers are ploughing their field on the slopes of Choke Mountain. (photo: The Niles | Dagim Terefe)
Farmers are ploughing their field on the slopes of Choke Mountain. (photo: The Niles | Dagim Terefe)
Farmers are ploughing their field on the slopes of Choke Mountain. (photo: The Niles | Dagim Terefe)
Review

Choke Mountain sediments stifle downstream reservoirs

Dagim Terefe
Growing populations and their needs put pressure on the Choke Mountain ecosystem – and the consequences reach as far downstream as Egypt.
29.03.2021
Economy
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Sennar

A dam, a scheme – but water sufficiency remains a pipe dream

Alaa Eliass and Mohamed Hilali
Just 300 kilometres upstream of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, the Sennar dam is situated on the Blue Nile. Its reservoir stores water for irrigation, and it also provides hydropower.
25.03.2021
Economy
Overview

Sudan’s dams

Alaa Eliass and Essameldine Mohamed
There are six major dams along the Nile in Sudan, all built at different times for different purposes.
19.03.2021
Economy
Review

Can South Sudan relaunch its Fula Dam project?

Nema Juma
South Sudan’s plans for the Fula Dam have long been in place, but a multitude of obstacles have halted the project.
18.03.2021
Economy
Michael Abebe briefs journalists at Sudan’s Sennar Dam, February 21, 2020. (photo: The Niles / Dominik Lehnert) Michael Abebe briefs journalists at Sudan’s Sennar Dam, February 21, 2020. (photo: The Niles / Dominik Lehnert) Michael Abebe briefs journalists at Sudan’s Sennar Dam, February 21, 2020. (photo: The Niles / Dominik Lehnert)
Interview

Why dams matter

Waakhe Simon
Nile Basin countries are in a race for time as growing populations require significant amounts of electric power. Dams are a solution but also pose new challenges.
22.02.2021
Economy
A woman collecting dried maize leaves for livestock feed on a khat field partially intercropped with maize in Wondo village, Ethiopia. (photo: The Niles | Tesfa-Alem Tekle)
Ingredients
Beware of easy money
27.12.2019  |  Economy
Dates sold in Cairo, Egypt. (photo: The Niles | Rehab Abd Almohsen)
Ingredients
Don’t throw away the date’s byproducts
23.12.2019  |  Economy
George Muhanuka Tindyebwa has never tased his own coffee. (photo: The Niles | Davis Mugume)
Ingredients
Reap what you sow!
20.12.2019  |  Economy
Kagina Ermogene, a specialised maize farmer in Rwanda. (photo: The Niles | Jean Paul Mbarushimana)
Basics
Don’t underestimate the effect climate change has on food production
19.12.2019  |  Economy
An Ethiopian farmer threshes his harvest, November 25, 2016. (photo: The Niles | Berihu Mekonene)
Basics
Educate farmers about post-harvest management to stop food loss
19.12.2019  |  Economy
A couple in Thiet, Tonj State, South Sudan, plough their field. (photo: The Niles | Ayuel Santino)
Basics
Invest more, modernise farming and open the borders to allow for food trade
15.12.2019  |  Economy
Oil industry facility in Sudan. (photo: InfoNile | Elzahraa Jadallah)
Pollution
The dark side of Sudan’s oil
23.04.2019  |  Economy
Chimpanzees in Kibale National Park. (photo: The Niles | Mugume Davis)
Resource depletion
No forest, no wildlife, no business
23.04.2019  |  Economy
Generators are the principal source of electricity in Juba. (photo: The Niles | Martha Agama)
Pollution
Sacrificing the environment for power
16.04.2019  |  Economy
A coffee shop in Egypt’s capital Cairo. (photo: The Niles | Yosra El-Zoghby)
Degradation drivers
The long route to a cup of coffee
26.03.2019  |  Economy
Participants attending the fourth VICMED Steering Committee Meeting in Cairo. (photo: The Niles | Elzahraa Jadallah)
An ambitious shipping route
25.10.2018  |  Economy
The Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project area, October 27, 2013. (photo: Nile Basin Initiative (NBI))
How to power booming industries
10.08.2018  |  Economy
Grania Rubomboras (left), Programme Officer at the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Programme Coordination Unit (NELSAP CU). (photo: The Niles | Nik Lehnert)
The Niles Talk:
From one to a million connections, one connection at a time
10.08.2018  |  Economy
The Kinyaga Transmission Line Station in Rwanda on March 4, 2018. (photo: The Niles | Jean Paul Mbarushimana)
Importing energy and a higher quality of life
10.08.2018  |  Economy
Men at work near the Karuma Dam Project on March 26, 2016. (photo: Mawejje Geoffrey | wikimedia.org)
Connecting power across borders
10.08.2018  |  Economy
The Aswan High Dam, under construction, November 1964. (photo: Ted Swedenburg | flic.kr/p/odyoMY)
Interest and power in the Eastern Nile
10.08.2018  |  Economy
Loaded: lorries are often loaded above capacity to maximise profits. (photo: The Niles | Mugume Davis)
Business across borders
10.08.2018  |  Economy
The Nile Basin annual fresh fish production is estimated at 3 million tons. (photo: The Niles | Mugume Davis)
Fish in troubled waters
Lake Victoria’s once-abundant fish stocks in decline
4.07.2018  |  Economy
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
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
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