Crisis on the Nile: Global warming and overuse threaten Africa's longest river
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Running from Uganda to Egypt, the Nile is essential to the survival of millions of people living in Africa. But a combination of climate change and human overuse is drying up the river, and worsening…
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Water dispute on the Nile River could destabilize the region