Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. The Nile is one of the most famous ...

(Reuters) - Egypt has been at odds with upriver nations over their efforts to overturn colonial era-treaties granting it a lion's share of the river's flow. Six Nile basin countries signed a deal last ...

(Reuters) - Ethiopia is building a giant dam on the Blue Nile, close to its border with Sudan. Ethiopia says the hydropower project is crucial to its economic development. Egypt is worried the dam ...