When the worst flooding in more than 50 years engulfed communities along the River Nile in South Sudan last year, thousands of people fled to higher ground, seeking refuge in an old army barracks.

The Egyptians have had a very different relationship with the Nile. For thousands of years, they referred to its annual flooding as the "Gift of the Nile." Each summer, like clockwork, the river ...

"Reports on ground from Pakwach indicate an incident of a boat that capsized with six people during an intervention made by ...

The pyramids at the site are more than 2,300 years old The authorities in Sudan are trying to protect the country's ancient pyramids from flooding as heavy rains have caused the nearby River Nile ...

For that reason, almost all the drinking water and water required for farming comes from the Nile River. If you know that the Nile floods every year, you may think that the Egyptian people will have ...

The Emperor Nero sent out a Roman expedition to find the Nile's source some 2,000 years before Victorian explorers reached ...

The Nile’s annual flooding – which takes place August-October – is caused by heavy rains in the Ethiopian highlands. Over the past year, according to a previous statement by the ministry ...