In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told the United Nations on Friday that his country has "no intention" of harming Sudan and Egypt with a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile that has caused a ...

The Toshka spillway is a security measure to prevent a dangerous rise in water levels in Lake Nasser, not an economic option. Some of the released water might be used in future agricultural projects, ...

Ethiopia’s rise is a reality that cannot be reversed despite all the machinations, proxy shenanigans, and ill-conceived ...

“Greatest sunset ever,” Turek said when the light had finally died. The rain, which had been stalking us on the savanna, was ...

The Middle East is experiencing several overlapping crises. Among the ongoing wars and conflicts, water scarcity holds an ...

CAIRO, Egypt - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a stark warning to Ethiopia, accusing it of causing "significant harm" to downstream nations through its management of the Grand ...

A granite inscription tells us that for seven years during the reign of the ancient Egyptian king Djoser, the Nile failed to go through its annual flooding cycle, causing a devastating drought and ...

A farmer stands next to a boat at his farm destroyed by floods, in Wad Ramli village, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of ...

This story was originally published by. For nearly a century, the Kelley’s Falls Dam in Manchester, New Hampshire, generated ...