Trump’s Dip into the Nile Waters Dispute Didn’t Settle the Conflict – in Fact, It May Have Caused More Ripples

Sep 26, 2025 | Fred H. Lawson
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Nile River water is essential to agriculture and public sanitation in both Egypt and Sudan. Distribution of that water has been regulated by an agreement drawn up in 1959 guaranteeing Egypt and Sudan most of the output of the Nile River basin. A body of international law also enjoins upstream nations – such as Ethiopia – against manipulating the cross-border flow of rivers in ways that harm downstream countries.