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Article: Ten countries make waves over Nile waters; Nations south of Egypt and Sudan want to have greater use of the Nile, which would violate a 1929 treaty.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- March 16, 2004
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Byline: Tim Cocks Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
ENTEBBE, UGANDA -- It's a 4,160-mile lifeline for the countries that border it. But intense negotiations went on last week here in an effort to avert potential conflicts over the use of the Nile River between the 10 African countries that share it and its tributaries. Disagreements over competing projects for the Nile waters, some experts say, threaten to destabilize this already volatile region.
To flesh out a treaty regulating use of the river's waters, a high-level team of lawyers and technical experts representing each state held talks last week in Entebbe, Uganda, on the shores of Lake ...