Jinja, Uganda – It can be exciting to visit a world-famous landmark. Tourists flock to them, they are economic generators and they get much media attention. They often start out as somewhat obscure ...

All along its 6,500-kilometre (4,000-mile) length, alarm bells are ringing. From Egypt to Uganda, AFP teams have gone out on the ground to gauge the decline of a river that drains a tenth of the ...

TWENTY-FOUR officials from the Zambezi Watercourse Commission (Zamcom) and partner institutions are in Uganda this week for a knowledge exchange with the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), focused on ...

Seen from space, the Sudd swamp is a giant green smudge where the White Nile, one of the great river’s two main branches, spreads out across flat arid land, forming myriad back channels that are often ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday asked South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in a long-running dispute with Egypt over a massive dam being built on the Blue Nile River.

The Nile is the world's longest river and runs through northeastern Africa. It flows through eleven countries, including ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Scientists have shed light on a new, transformative approach that could help resolve a dispute over the Nile river's water resources. Scientists have shed light on a new, transformative approach that ...

This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Seen from space, the Sudd swamp is a giant green smudge where the White ...