The conflict over the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan has re-sparked recently after Ethiopian Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen announced in June that the fourth filling of the under-construction...

By AFPThe pharaohs worshipped it as a god, the eternal bringer of life. But the clock is ticking on the Nile.Climate change, pollution and exploitation by man are putting existential pressure on the world's second longest river, on which half a billi...