Nile day: should Egypt celebrate?
People in Cairo enjoy celebrating on the Nile after sunset, jumping on glittering boats with loudspeakers full volume and sailing on the river crossing the city center. Episode 3 of the podcast “The sources...
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A new podcast searching for the sources of the Nile
The Nile Water Lab features a new podcast on media, science and water diplomacy: The Sources of the Nile. In the past, searching for the sources of the Nile was a major geopolitical venture...
Water, infrastructure and development in Ethiopia
Is high modernism striking back in Ethiopia? In the last years, under the auspices of the developmental state, the Ethiopian government has embarked in an ambitious program of hydropower and irrigation development to sustain...
Nile Water Lab launched
by Hermen Smit On November 24 the Nile Water Lab was launched at UNESCO-IHE by 40 water professionals from more than 20 countries across the globe. They explored multiple understandings (maps, measurements, ethnographic studies,...