THE NILE Lifeblood Of East Africa
Jan 01, 2022
3 minutes
by Todd Tuell
When we think of the Nile River, most of us immediately conjure up images of a slow flowing river running northward through the vast desert sands of Egypt, between banks lined with exotic palms and past temples and pyramids, and finally emptying into the Mediterranean Sea.
Although we think first of Egypt, throughout history the Nile has also been a very important water source to many other countries in East Africa including Ethiopia, Zaire, Kenya, Uganda, Eritrea, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Sudan, and South Sudan.
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