Conflict Over Nile Waters

by Rachid Rhmiro

Water is a vital resource for all aspects of human existence, environmental survival, economic development, food security and even a good quality of life. Globally, freshwater represents only 2.5% of all water available on Earth, and most of it exists in rivers and lakes shared by one or more nation states.1 In 1998, the UN identified lack of freshwater as one of the major problems facing humanity. It is increasingly becoming not only a scarce resource but also one which is divided unequally between sovereign states. Furthermore, given the increase in water use due to rapid population growth, agricultural expansion, economic development and urbanization the situation is destined to worsen in coming work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.