Throughout history, starting from the time of Ancient Egypt, the Nile River has been an optimal location for the growth of cities. Its constant and reliable water supply was crucial in the otherwise ...

The Nile runs north through a large portion of East Africa ... the fifth longest river in the world is 3,442 miles long. The ...

What are the simmering tensions around the official launch of the dam? The dispute over the allocation and use of the Nile waters has been going on for many years. This has been exacerbated by climate ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia is starting to divert the flow of the Blue Nile to construct a giant dam that is raising fears in Nile-dependent and water-starved Egypt. Trump backs two ...

The heat is stifling but the construction workers and red-hatted engineers don’t let up. Mechanized excavators batter into the mighty, arid peaks on either side of the site of Ethiopia’s Grand ...

Centuries ago, the Nile River split into two and inadvertently created an island—fulfilling a piece of ancient Egyptian mythology.

U.S. News Insider Tip: Sunset is the best time for a felucca ride, offering the most scenic views. The weather is also much nicer, in contrast to Cairo's scorching mid-day sun. – Nadine Arab The Nile ...

Ethiopia accused Egypt of escalating tensions over the Nile and its Grand Renaissance Damn, denouncing Cairo’s "colonial mentality".

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Egyptian history has always been alluring. Tales of Cleopatra, King Tut, and Khufu have long fascinated archeologists and casual readers alike ...

Egyptian artist Salma El-Sherif represented her country at the Open Art Exhibition at Nairobi’s National Museum of Kenya with her painting Wherever It Flows 2, a reflective depiction of the Nile that ...