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Was really his mission was backed by france the french president Manuel Mccall visited levanon twice after that devastating explosion at beirut ports he said lebanons political leaders agreed to form a covenant government within a 2 week deadline that clearly hasnt happened with the deep was trying to do was form a government in the pendant of the influence of Political Parties the traditional parties that have been governing this country for decades the parties that have been responsible really for running the economy into the ground accused of corruption but what became clear is that the shop parties hezbollah and amal we have to remember lebanons system of government is based on a power sharing agreement between sects d they refused to give up their representation in government they said we will name our ministers in this government which really runs contrary to that the French Initiative because if the shia sect demands representation in government then all the different other sects will do the same so that initiative that French Initiative which is backed by the International Community appears to be dead. Thousands of people across egypt who have defied a ban on protests and demonstrations against the government that i grew deteriorates you Living Conditions and one president sisi the. Vote counting is under way in a malaysian state election that could have significant consequences for the Coalition Government in kuala lumpur the polling suburbs the 1st since Prime Minister you didnt yes and took in a political coup in february. Sudans leaders are meeting to figure out a way to. The economic crisis so they declared an economic state of emergency earlier this month that was taking flooding in the coronavirus or preventing of compounded the problems caused by years of u. S. Sanctions imposed on the former regime figure morgan has more from the meeting in khartoum the government is trying to achieve is that its trying to bring together the various sides in this transitional period to try to unify their position on how to get this country out of the current economic status that it is and the sudanese pound itself has lost more than 40 percent of its value over the past 2 weeks and this is just the past 2 weeks alone over the past year the value has been kind to has continued to face a downward spiral against the dollar and the government is saying that it needs to take a hard stance of hard steps that needs to take hard steps to try to reform the economy including lifting fuel commodities and finding ways to bring in more hard currency and now there have been talks about lifting sudan of the u. S. List of states sponsoring terrorism the talks have been happening for a few months now in fact since the Transitional Government came to power last august they say that one of their 1st call is to lift the country off that list but that needs a lot of steps to be taken one of them being the sudan paying compensation for victims of terror attacks in tanzania and kenya and 989. 00 now the government has said that its already secured that money and that it is in talks with the u. S. Government to be lifted off that list. To tiger now where the Prime Minister and his government have resigned in a political reshuffle delayed by the corona virus pandemic has been anticipated since the president of for us in beirut was reelected earlier this year and the results with the speeches and extent of the president s 51. 00. Donald trump says hell name his pick to be the new u. S. Supreme Court Justice later on saturday u. S. Media reports that its likely to be amy county barrett whos a chicago judge considered a strict conservative she will fill the spotlight fake and by Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died last week. With headlines got more news here and out there after a struggle over the not. Last. Week the nile to the worlds longest river. A 7000 kilometer lifeline for almost 400000000 people. Flowing north the nile runs through 10 countries. The highlands in the heart of africa to the shores of the mediterranean sea. A source of sustenance but also one of tension even potential conflict. For centuries egypt has sought to be must of the not. Seeking to time the rivers some predictable flow until ensure exclusive control over its use. But today countries upstream not challenging this dominance and end up pushing for a greater say and a greater share the river nile. Cairo capital of egypt. A teeming metropolis. That has grown on the banks of the nile. Was. Its the 1st day of spring when egyptians for movements of life. Flocked to the river. To celebrate the arrival of the new season. With a kid to america field of view of good and mostly every egyptian wants to live by the nile is the thought that if they cant then at least they can sit and picnic theyre living in the salvia its the place of their dreams and mahmoud everybody from young lovers to troubled souls come here for Different Reasons either to enjoy themselves or to wash away their pain to see for him not. The ancient greek writer who wrote it has described egypt as being the gift of the nile it was a fitting description. When major cities that run along are only there because of the nile at the novels and it would just be another part of the so hard that you know it would just be dust and sand you couldnt live without and it is the life blood. Attached to this source of life 95 percent of the egyptian population lives along its banks just 5 percent of egypts land the rest just desert. The miles maybe most commonly associated with egypt. But its waters begin their journey thousands of kilometers upstream. There are 2 main sources of the river. One is the great lakes of eastern africa. And the other is in the ethiopian highlands where the majority of the nile waters originate. This is the summer rainy season in ethiopia. The rainfall forms gushing rivers and tributaries. They collect here in like ton. Ethiopias largest lake and a main source of the nile. The 600 year old monastery is situated on one of the lakes many islands. Decorated with biblical paintings it belongs to the ethiopian orthodox church. The custody of the monastery adult it is believed the nile holds magical powers and is akin to a gun. Battle as an unworldly and bang of the nile is one of the 4 rivers mentioned in the holy bible that feeds heaven and i know that. The nile gives us as well as other countries like egypt all sorts of benefits mithun are you going to have and that. Water isnt the niles only get. The surging streams in ethiopia turn red would suit washed from the volcanic to turn. This silt rich in nutrients and minerals is born downstream. It was to prove a blessing for the 1st settlers in the nile valley thousands of years ago. Each year rainfall in ethiopia caused the nile downstream to flood its banks in what is today egypt. This unusual phenomenon known by the ancient egyptians as the inundation was celebrated as a divine event. It was day find in the form of a god known as hobby. In minimum and happy if you look at the pictures of this character and graves on the walls of egypts temples you find that have is there strange character on the whole hes a man with large breasts but not a woman welcome most of the caribbean he also has a Petroleum Belly so these 2 characteristics symbolize fertility and generosity granted by the nile xeon local school what. Was the key gift. When the nile flood receded the rich silt carried by the river remained behind fertilizing the soil creating arable land in stark contrast to the surrounding desert. Ancient egypt was the birthplace of agriculture. Techniques developed thousands of years ago. Are still in use to this day. Early thunder in the herd envelop deal in what was still used the old plough the one foot by cotton workers there are many fact that here my uncle has a truck my neighbor has one everybody has attracted and that would what a one at any thought but i pray. The traditional method. The pharaohs have long since passed from the stage of history but some of their legacy and years. From time immemorial the river has been a subject of adoration. And diana news all found a full mile all bountiful in iowa old bountiful miles ancient egyptians exulted the river nile theres an old chant that goes people dont even jewels they eat the bread made from the wheat that grew on the banks of the river nile and. But theres a duck aside to this love of the nile. Such adoration can lead to possessiveness. To the egyptians the nile is unquestionably their river above and beyond the claims of any other nile basin country. By the early 1906 Great Britain ruled the length of the nile. Egypt was strategically crucial as the suez canal controlled access to india the jewel in the crown of the british empire. To coopt the allies in 1929 britain awarded the egyptians exclusive control of the nile to phuket does our issued in the 1929 agreement stated that egypt had the right to veto any project on the nile that would affect its share of the waters or the flow of the river to the north towards egypt. This stipulation was based on the fact that egypt comes. Lethally depends on the nile waters but while the upstream countries have other water sources. 30 years later in 1959 a 2nd agreement was signed. For huge from colonial overall egypt and sudan agreed on dividing the rivers waters. During the 1960 s. African nations upstream gained independence. Nowadays these countries are challenging agreements signed when they were under colonial rule. Look at the legal instrument and then. We had 2 countries sit down make us a thing now and that need to said then tell what us them said and knowing very well that this what that that they want to share within the 2 countries actually in my needs. To this day egyptians regard the 929 and 959 agreements as technically binding. Egypt has its reasons for wanting to uphold the treaties. That share of the nile waters has remained at 55 and a half 1000000000 cubic meters a stipulated in the 1959 agreement. However since then egypts population has tripled to over 80000000. Taking the country into water poverty. Lift the figure that had been at these agreements give us a minimum amount of water. Less than what we actually need we all and homing any of the nile basin countries they dont need to know while they get their water from nature. Annual amount of rainfall at the sources of the normal is 1. 00 trillion cubic meters egypt and sudan use less than 5 percent of this amount the rest thats 95 percent is lost through evaporation in the swamps. But sometimes rainfall is not enough. Famine has ravaged states through which the nile flows. Here in ethiopia one of the river sources the failure of the annual rains has led to catastrophe in the past. Millions have died. Beyond such tragedy upstream states claim the past agreements violate their National Sovereignty and prevent them harnessing the river for their own development. I know that some people in egypt. Fashion i. D. s. Fashion i. D. s based on the assumption that the night of the longs to and egypt and that egypt has a right to decide just for gets what of the night water and the countries that are unable to use the night water because it will be unstable and because doing before. This circumstances have changed and changed forever. The change came in may 2010 at a meeting going into uganda when the upstream countries took matters into their own hands. In an unprecedented move 6 of the 8 nations signed a new agreement declaring greater autonomy in Decision Making over the niles waters aware of the agenda egypt and sudan had refused to attend. What was signed an entirely set off alarm bells in cairo. Touching the very core of egyptian fear about its water source of a lot of us it is a red line for egypt existence. There is a difference between security and existence itself. We are wholly dependent on the nile we have no other water sources. So the truth is that any threat against the nile waters will result in the reduction of egypts share this with threaten us with thirst and. The specter of a water war looms over the region. For egypt securing the nile waters is a matter of National Security even if it means military action. A common feeling shared by most egyptians. Egypt would die what would we drink about it of course we would fight we would fight anyone who attempts to stop i would force a water. d throughout its history egypt has been at the mercy of the nile. Along the river columns such as this known as my limit as have been built to measure the height of the waters. Controlling the river was of paramount importance. With the well being of the state dependent on the level of the annual flood waters. The key was in finding a way to reserve these waters for use during the drives some of periods. The ancient egyptians 1st attempted this. But it was the founder of modern egypt Mohamed Ali Pasha who built the 1st ever down on the nile in the mid 19th century. To this day the old brick dam known as the delta still stands. In a new land as long as i live in the nile was on muhammad alis agenda it was extremely important because egypt was threatened by drought that if. You wanted more cotton and drain plantations since in those days egypt used to export these products to your. Muhammad ali himself laid the dams 1st stone in 847. But this was only the beginning. As demand for water grew more irrigation projects were completed in the 1st half of the 20th century. But it wasnt until it early 1950 s. That egypt began to put in place plans to finally control the nile once and for all. In july 952 a group of Army Officers carried out a coup detat. Egypts king was dethroned then exiled a new regime to power. The main office a behind the coup was Jamal Abdul Nasser were going to gender to modernize and strengthen egypt. Not adopted plans for a massive new dam to be built in southern egypt to harness the full potential of the nile. Called the last one high dam it would be built on this stretch of river at a cost of some 1000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars egypt was going to need help. In the beginning britain and the United States went together and told. Bank now says they were supporting them. However that support came with strings attached. Egypt was expected to join the western camp. But nasa was his own man. In the cold war setting he was committed to a policy of nonalignment. A policy that displeased the americans. On july 19th 1956 John Foster Dulles the american secretary of state was drew the offer to finance the us one high dam. Nasa would not be intimidated one week later he hit back. With the. Masses decision to nationalize the company that owned the strategic suez canal was a bombshell. The revenues paid by ships passing through the canal could help egypt finance the us one hype that. It was a trump card but it rattled the powers in europe and led to the suez crisis of 956. 00. Last. Britain france and israel conducted a joint attack on egypt to win back control of the canal. British and french troops landed in port site on the northern tip of the suez waterway. But this was as far as they went. The fading armies were forced to win. Draw on the heavy International Pressure from the United Nations. Egypts relations with the west was shattered. Nasser now look for friends elsewhere. In 1958 egypt signed an agreement with the soviet union for the financing of the hide them d or was the russians egypt to realize or 40500000000 finally this was not a question egypt paid back these loans from the suez canal gravelly as reese. With the soviet loans nasa inaugurated the start of construction of the us one high down in general 960. The project was immense. It is said that enough rock was used in the construction of the dam to build 17 great pyramids. Through the 11 years of construction egyptian saw the dam as a symbol of National Pride and defiance to the west. The shop a muslim operetta lot of the egyptian people proved it and you hear and bracing the high dam project only they glorify it in their songs in t. V. And radio shows movies plays and everyday activities. Thats how it became such an icon of the nation in the shop something everybody ready behind. Him in. Mass or the father of the project never live to see the completion of the dam. Just 4 months before construction was finished he died of a heart attack. The Opening Ceremony in january 1971 was attended by egypts new president anwar sadats. The dam save the flow with over 30000000000 cubic meters of floodwater each year water that otherwise would be lost into the mediterranean sea. Behind the dam a huge manmade reservoir known as lake massah was created. The water held in this lake was egypts insurance policy against the rivers unpredictable flood. They also. Gave the egyptians a guarantee that the rain always the water there i mean during the drought. The night the 7th is not in the eightys. In sudan and i think ill go. Bijections they could go on cultivating us before because i dont know what behind the down as wrong. But perhaps most important it was that the us wrong in a way and not. In the. Elsewhere the river remained untamed. Upstream countries were still that the mercy of the nile and. Experiencing at times either famine. Or devastating floods. But playing with nature was to prove costly for the river and for all those living off it. Corruption it is that invisible behind a wall of silence by against corruption corruption is not something to be tolerated that. Is on the african. Country his email lets destroy this wall. In 2020 the free space over encourages the heroes who are fighting against corruption this helps our communities to save the resources that we need in order to address the burning problems that affect us all. Shine a light on your Anti Corruption here and. Nominate now. Mcloughlin doha the top stories here on aljazeera and lebanons Prime Minister designate mustafa has quit saying he hasnt been able to form a government it was named Prime Minister in august afternoon the previous government resigned amid protests in the wake of the h