Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA)
Oct 17, 2024
Current Affair 1:
As per the website:
Signatory Nations:
South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania ratified. Kenya joined but yet to ratify, Congo abstained, and Egypt & Sudan refused to sign.
About Nile:
The Nile is the world’s longest river and has a drainage area of about 3.2 million km2 which is nearly 10% of the landmass of the African continent.
It runs through 11 countries:
Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenya Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea
The Nile River is divided into two main tributaries:
- the White Nile, which originates from Lake Victoria in East Africa, and
- the Blue Nile, which starts in the Ethiopian Highlands.
The confluence of these tributaries occurs in Sudan, and from there, the Nile flows northward through Egypt and into the Mediterranean Sea.
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