Comments on: Who owns the Nile?

By: pretty young

pretty young — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:04:14 +0000

The Nile River belongs to God and be taught that we all die and leave the waters or the resources name them that r making us fight.The reason Why there is still a confusion of who owns the Nile ,is because God owns it for all his people he created.

Ugandans would still hold a vibrant say about the Nile since the source is clearly indicated in Uganda, now lets see who stops the Nile from flowing,if it was Egypt ,but the water is still behind Egypt so it must be Uganda.

The water resource is for the almighty God and we should be warned not to fight over what belongs to him.Gadhafi would still exist if that was the case.

By: ionut

ionut — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:23:41 +0000

I think Egypt should just sign the agreement before it is too late as there is no other possible way that this countries can agree and even Egypt can benefit most.

If the old strategy that Egypt to own the vito power? This is just a day dream because nations will prefer to face Egypt and feed themselves and die that die of hunger and leave poverty to the next generation.

If Egypt arogantly persue to say no no no then this deal might lead to a severe intractable loos and might rriversibly destroy the rlation and future mitual win win that will forsure affect Egypt.

No best way that the win win entebe agreement!

By: joseph

joseph — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:11:45 +0000

honstly speaking the water is belongs to GOD and gave it to ETHIOPIA she owns it the water but still as GOD gave it to share amoung human beings that will be enough every one wants to change the country feathers in diplomatical way.ETHIOPIA has to start its development sooner rather than later.

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Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:30:07 +0000

[...] meanwhile, is completely dependent (as it has been for millennia) on water from the Nile, which is now a source of dispute among several African nations as Julia Hitz [...]

By: alqudseyes

alqudseyes — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:23:09 +0000

I think that the question is much bigger than who owns the Nile. your post is a great example for a problem that we’re going to see more and more, whenever there’s a big river going between countries.

Water are becoming more and more rare all around the middle east and africa, no doubt that this question needs an immediate answer

By: Gabriel Eckstein

Gabriel Eckstein — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:44:15 +0000

The signing of the Cooperative Framework Agreement by five Nile Basins states is a very interesting development, though, whether the agreement will survive Egypt’s ire is unclear. I just posted a two-part editorial on my International Water Law Project blog commenting on the new agreement: http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/?p=268 and http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/?p=271. I also include the text of the CFA.

By: Andrew Klein

Andrew Klein — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:46:24 +0000

If you are interested to learn more about this topic, then this book is ESSENTIAL reading:

The Nile Basin: national determinants of collective action
By John Waterbury, Yale University press 2002.

From a sociological/political science/historical perspective, Waterbury examines the relationships between the ten states that share the Nile in an easy-to-read and understand, story-like format.

It’s an insightful case study that clarifies the situation, and you can use this book to understand similar cases of water conflict.

Best,
Andrew