Africa: How Big Land Deals Add Stress to the River Nile

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The World Economic Forum has ranked water crises as the greatest global risk to economies, environments and societies in the next decade, posing even greater threats than climate change.

One of the major scenes of a potential water crisis and conflict is the Nile River, the longest in the world. It flows through 11 countries - known as the Nile Basin countries - and the catchment area covers more than 10% of Africa's landmass.

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