New Nile water sharing accord takes effect as Egypt, Sudan protest

Known as the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA), the treaty aims to ensure equitable utilization and sustainable management of the world’s longest river.

Several upstream countries have long argued that the downstream states of Egypt and Sudan had been unfairly allocated greater rights over the river Nile by colonial-era agreements.

Seven countries including Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Democratic…