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The Latest Breaking News from the Nile River

In Sudan, a migrant community reveals a resistance to malaria: the genetic study helping shape medicine

Sudan lies at the crossroads of Africa and the Middle East. It has played a key role in human demographic movements, reflected in the diversity of its cultures and languages. Although much of the country is arid, the Nile River has long acted as a corridor for trade, facilitating human…

The Conversation · May 14

Egypt and Sudan welcome Trump's offer to mediate Nile River dam dispute

Egypt and Sudan welcome President Trump's offer to resume U.S. mediation with Ethiopia over the Nile River water dispute

The Independent UK · Jan 17

Sudan warns residents over rising waters and flood risk in provinces near the Nile River

Sudan has issued what it describes as a “red alert” warning of potential floods in five provinces along the Nile River, citing rising water levels in its two main tributaries, the Blue and White Nile

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2025

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Viking unveils latest cruise ship for the Nile River

A new ship is coming to the Nile River – here’s everything you need to know

The Independent UK · May 12, 2025

Ancient Egyptians used a hydraulic lift to build their 1st pyramid, controversial study claims

A massive water-treatment facility located near the Nile River may have been used to build the pyramid of Djoser.

LiveScience · Jul 30, 2024

Tina Knowles Shares That Her Daughter Solange Was Conceived on the Nile River in Egypt

Had she been a boy, her name would have paid direct homage to the place of her conception.

Marie Claire · May 30, 2024

We mapped a lost branch of the Nile River – which may be the key to a longstanding mystery of the pyramids

The largest field of pyramids in Egypt – consisting of 31 pyramids built over a millennium, including the famous Great Pyramid at Giza – lies along a narrow strip of land in the desert several kilometres west of the Nile River.

The Conversation · May 16, 2024

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Egypt and Ethiopia are finally working on a water deal – what that means for other Nile River states

Egypt and Ethiopia have waged a diplomatic war of words over Ethiopia’s massive new dam – the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – on the Blue Nile, which started filling up in July 2020. The political row has threatened to get out of hand on occasion but now the two countries…

The Conversation · Jul 26, 2023

Evidence of ancient hydraulic engineering discovered along Nile

A 600-mile-long network of stone walls along the Nile served as an ancient water management system.

LiveScience · Jun 26, 2023

920 million people could face conflict over the world's rivers by 2050: what our study found in Africa

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 Nile’s water. Sudan and Egypt consider the US$4.6 billion dam a threat to vital water supplies. Ethiopia sees it…

The Conversation · Jun 25, 2023

Sudanese Flee Their Homes as Truce Fails, Fighting Rages

Terrified Sudanese who have been trapped for days in their homes by fighting in the capital of Khartoum fled on Wednesday, hauling out whatever belongings they could carry and trying to get out of the city, after an internationally brokered truce failed. Explosions shook the city as the army and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 19, 2023

How Will the Conflict in Sudan Impact Egypt's Stance over GERD?

The fighting between the Sudanese military and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has raised concerns that it may affect the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) file as Ethiopia prepares for its fourth filling of the dam on the Nile River. Observers and experts told Asharq Al-Awsat that the fighting will have…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 16, 2023

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