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Will An Ancient Mega Lake Bring Peace to Sudan?
February 7th, 2012
Courtesy of The Green Prophet, a report on an ancient underground lake that may help ease Sudan’s water stress: Can mega well bring peace to Sudan? At least 300,000 people died and almost three million were displaced by the Darfur conflict in Sudan. Egyptian-American geologist Farouk El-Baz believes that limited access to water is […]
Read more »Sudan – Battling The Twin Forces Of Civil War And Climate Change
November 23rd, 2011
Courtesy of The Guardian, a report on Sudan – where millions of hectares of semi-desert has turned into desert and a battle against water stress and a looming food security crisis looms: A thousand miles south of Cairo, Sudan is having another rotten year. To the east, Somalia, much of Ethiopia and the Horn of […]
Read more »Egypt and Sudan Angry Over Nile Basin Development
October 18th, 2011
Via BikyaMasr, an article on Egypt’s and Sudan’s anger over Nile Basin development: Egypt and Sudan are worried and frustrated over recent developments along the Nile River by countries south of their borders that they say could threaten their own water security. Their anger comes after East African countries agreed to work together to implement […]
Read more »Sudan Seeks To Tap ‘Blue Gold’ With New Dam Projects
July 3rd, 2011
Via Terra Daily, an article on Sudan’s blue ambitions: Sudan is aggressively seeking to tap its abundant Nile waters with new dam projects as the oil-rich south’s independence looms, but experts warn of the social and environmental costs, and the bearing on the Nile water sharing dispute. Khartoum sits on the confluence of the Blue […]
Read more »Transforming Water From Being A Cause Of Frequent Conflict To An Instrument For Sustainable Peace
June 30th, 2011
Via Yahoo News, a report detailing how and why Sudan’s government and the United Nations launched a $1-billion cash to help reverse the rapid decline in Darfur’s water supplies, seen as one the key drivers in the region’s conflict: “…We are here to transfer water from being a cause of frequent conflict to an instrument […]
Read more »When The Nile Runs Dry…
June 2nd, 2011
Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting commentary on the impact of global land grabs upon Nile water resources. As the article notes: “…A NEW scramble for Africa is under way. As global food prices rise and exporters reduce shipments of commodities, countries that rely on imported grain are panicking. Affluent countries like Saudi […]
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