Revise archaic Nile Treaty to benefit all humanity

Truly, the past has come to haunt the future as East African countries fight to secure more River Nile water from their northern cousins, Egypt and Sudan.

A 1929 colonial-era pact overseen by Britain gave Egypt rights to turn down upstream projects that would affect its water share. And in 1959, another deal between Egypt and Sudan granted Egypt 55.5 billion cubic metres of water, representing 87 per cent of the Nile’s flow, every year and the remaining 13 per cent to Sudan.