Habib Ayeb writing in Le Monde diplomatique:
More hereEthiopia, though ignored and even scorned for the past two centuries, is the source of 80% of the Nile’s waters and now intends to impose its own vision for the river and a different division of its waters. Egypt, having been the dominant power in the region for 200 years, is still reeling from recent political upheavals, economic weakness and the interruption of its development — all of which reduce it to the status of one Nile state among many, without the capacity for action.
Map by Agnès Stienne
Egypt is entirely dependent on other states for its water, almost all of which comes from the Nile. Its four principal sources rise several hundred kilometres beyond Egypt’s southern border: the Blue Nile, Sobat and Atbara in Ethiopia, which provide around 80%, and the White Nile in Uganda, which provides the rest.
