The Hydropolitics of the Nile Basin

   Welcome to this introductory post of my blog series exploring the complex hydropolitics of the Nile Basin in Eastern Africa. The river Nile spans across 10 different countries, with its basin covering 10% of Africa's land mass . Despite the differences in their economic and political states, all of these countries share the same concern of a growing demand for water and energy supply (World Bank, 2019) . Throughout history, the region's economic, social and political development has been affected by water, with today's political climate testament to this (Jägerskog et al., 2019) . In 2015, the United Nations released their 17 Sustainable Development Goals, the sixth one being 'ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all' (United Nations, 2023) , but as urban populations continue to rise the 2030 target to have reached this goal is looking increasingly unattainable (Thompson et al., 2000) .   Figure 1  In the following blog posts...