Here's something that might surprise you: ancient Egyptians called the river "Ar" or "Aur," meaning "black," a reference to the rich, dark sediment that the Nile's waters carried from the Horn of ...

Herodotus, often called the "Father of History," once emphasized the critical role rivers played in the development of civilizations. Among these rivers, none were more important to ancient ...

The Nile has long been the central lifeline of civilizations in northeastern Africa, shaping settlement, agriculture, and ...

The ancient city of Napata, located in what is now northern Sudan, stood for centuries as a powerful urban and cultural center of the Kingdom of Kush. A new study explains how the city owed its ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project on the Nile River started operating in February 2022. It reinforced tensions between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. The three countries rely most heavily on the ...

If ancient wonders, mysterious temples and the steady flow of the Nile River are calling, a cruise on Egypt's most famous ...

The Nile RIver and its Delta, which together account for 99% of Egypt's population and all of its agriculture. The floodplains and delta of the Nile are very productive due to the water, sediment and ...

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 ...

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 ...