Who speaks for the river?
The new episode of the podcast “The sources of the Nile” features a dialogue between researchers from different disciplines, three journalists, a writer and a water expert, on who should speak for the Nile...
Tagged: transboundary river basin management
Nile media debates: getting Sudan in the picture
Yesterday, May 3rd, World Press Freedom Day was celebrated all around the world. Two special – and personal – mentions: the first one for my colleague Iginio Gagliardone (University of Wits, Johannesburg), lead researchers...
It’s all about power: the Brahmaputras’ in South Asia
This post is authored by Sumit Vij (Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands), and Anamika Barua (Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India). Anamika is part of the Universities’ Partnership for Water Cooperation &...
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...
“A Saturday on the Nile”: one river, many representations.
An old adage says “Whoever drinks from the Nile will always return to it”. That’s why – after last year’s success – on February 10 we are going to have another “Saturday on the...
The media at the 5th Nile Basin Forum
At the end of October I attended the Nile Basin Development Forum (NBDF) in Kigali, the bi-annual event organised by the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) bringing together water professionals, policy makers, researchers, international institutions, NGOs,...
Playing Ravilla. When the game gets serious
On the first three days of February we played one of our serious games with the students of the Water Management and Governance MSc programme. Since several years we play Ravilla, a transboundary river...