Issue 18 Trouble Don’t Last Always

Issue 18 Trouble Don’t Last Always

This title of an old gospel song implies that change happens constantly. Nothing, not even...
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Issue 17 When deeds speak, words are nothing

Issue 17 When deeds speak, words are nothing

Speaking about sustainable development is easy. Acting sustainably is another matter. And now the evidence...
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Issue 16 Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors

Issue 16 Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors

Current Nile Basin affairs certainly couldn’t be described as “smooth seas”: floods and droughts, environmental...
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Issue 15 A boat cannot go forward if each rows his own way

Issue 15 A boat cannot go forward if each rows his own way

Be it to improve irrigation, manage floods and droughts or generate energy, dams have played...
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Issue 14 We are what we eat

Issue 14 We are what we eat

It is nearly impossible to come up with a single word that describes Africa’s diverse...
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Issue 13 When there is something wrong in the forest

Issue 13 When there is something wrong in the forest

As this proverb suggests, the condition of the environment is a good barometer for the...
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Issue 12 Rain does not fall on one roof alone

Issue 12 Rain does not fall on one roof alone

This proverb, many say, suggests that trouble comes to everyone at one time or another....
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Issue 11 You think of water when the well is empty

Issue 11 You think of water when the well is empty

Although we strive to be prepared, sometimes we can be caught unawares. That is why...
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Issue 10 A river that forgets its source will eventually dry up

Issue 10 A river that forgets its source will eventually dry up

As with all previous issues of The Niles, this one also begins with an African...
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Issue 09 Nobody has been sent to see

Issue 09 Nobody has been sent to see

Around 50 million people live in Sudan and South Sudan. They marry, they have children,...
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Issue 08 Enter houses through their doors

Issue 08 Enter houses through their doors

Five intractable problems continue to cloud relations between Sudan and South Sudan: Borders, citizens, oil,...
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Issue 07 The children of the land scatter like birds escaping a burning sky

Issue 07 The children of the land scatter like birds escaping a burning sky

Migration is as old as humanity but the goals of migration are as varied as...
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