Posted by: Bob Payne | March 31, 2011

South Sudan Tells Egypt It Will Respect Existing Nile Water Treaties

The Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) assured Egyptian officials on Monday that it will honor the agreements already in place regarding the allocation of the Nile waters. Egypt currently holds dominant right on Nile water following powers granted by a 1929 colonial-era treaty with Britain. Its subsequent 1959 deal with Sudan gave the two downstream countries more than 90 percent control of Nile waters.

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