Nile Basin risks water conflict as states dither over ratifying CFA
Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance dam on the Blue Nile. PHOTO | FILE
The Nile Basin is at risk of facing water conflicts if riparian states continue to dither over the ratification of the Co-operative Framework Agreement. The CFA is supposed to come up with a new arrangement on the use of the waters of Africa’s longest river.
Participants from the 10 Nile Basin countries who attended the Fourth Nile Basin Development Forum in Nairobi recently, expressed concern that the ratification was taking too long, creating avenues for tension and water conflicts.
