For decades, the Nile River basin has been marred with conflicts over the usage of Africa's longest river. The conflicts have pitted the two lower stream countries of Egypt and Sudan against the upstream Nile Basin countries.
The conflicts began with the signing of the 1929 and 1959 colonial water agreements which gave Egypt and Sudan a lion's share of Nile waters at the expense of the upstream Nile Basin countries. As per the above agreements, Egypt receives 55.5 billion of the estimated total 84 billion cubic metres of Nile water annually with Sudan receiving 18.5 billion cubic metres.
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