Eric Reeves wrote about the current situation in South Sudan. An article published on AllAfrica which provides a great insight explaining why ‘water, not oil, will determine the economic fate and well-being of Sudan and South Sudan‘…
Reeves writes:
South Sudan and Sudan have suffered from cyclical droughts and floods. But Sudan is confronting other equally acute water issues related to colonial-era treaties, desertification and war. For example, construction of the Merowe dam (2003 – 2009) has over the past decade displaced tens of thousands of residents from Nubia, a region straddling northern Sudan and southern Egypt. This disastrously conceived dam on the Nile’s fourth cataract, a turbulent and forceful stretch between Aswan in Egypt and Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, has led to massive silting. This has forced the evacuation of farmers and fishermen who once relied on the fertile Nile and now live on agriculturally barren lands.
Full article here.
