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Sourcing Water in North Africa

In Tunisia, residents protest phosphate pollution, while in Egypt, scientists scramble to find alternative crops that require less water. Across the region, challenges loom over this precious resource.

Tebessa Residents Left Without Water for Days Take to the Streets
Hafiz Ziani | 
Algeria | 
20.7.2017

Residents of the La Remonte neighborhood in the north of the city of Tebessa, near the Tunisian border, took to the streets in early June to protest the chronic water scarcity in the region. “We want our right to water, a common property for all people. We want our right to life,” chanted the protesters […]

Society Egyptian Media Falls Silent on Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam
Mahrous Ahmed | 
Egypt | 
20.7.2017

Despite a flurry of criticism leveled at Morsi for failing to prevent initial construction on Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam, the Egyptian media seem to have forgotten the qualms with their own politicians and their neighbors’ over River Nile quotas.

Society Red Sea Towns Look to Desalination to Compensate for Losses to Dam
Ali Tairi | 
Egypt | 
20.7.2017

Within five years, the Red Sea Governorate will depend entirely on desalinated sea water. Will other governorates follow suit?

Will Groundwater Quench Egypt’s Thirst?
Ahmad Nafadi | 
Egypt | 
20.7.2017

Egypt sits upon the world’s largest fossil aquifer system. But can the government exploit the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System to relieve stress on the Nile and guarantee water for Egypt’s citizens?

Society Understanding Egyptian Fears vis-à-vis Ethiopia’s Dam
Ahmed Wael | 
Egypt | 
20.7.2017

Both the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the Aswan High Dam (AHD) in Egypt have been part-financed by local citizens as water strengthens its case as the main underlying cause of potential conflict between the Horn of Africa neighbors. 

50 Therapeutic Springs Make Tunisia a World Leader in Sector
Karima Doghrash | 
Tunis | 
20.7.2017

Despite the water scarcity gripping the center of the country, Tunisia has made a name for itself in water therapy thanks to dozens of world-class facilities.

Chemical Waste From Factories Is Destroying the Sea
Moez Al-Jamai | 
Tunis | 
20.7.2017

The Gulf of Gabes in southern Tunisia was once one of Tunisia’s most beautiful beaches. Now it has turned into a graveyard for fish and turtles due mainly to the toxic waste pumped into the sea by nearby chemical factories.

Sacred Spring Can’t Hide Chronic Kairouan Water Shortage
Najeh Zaghdoudi | 
Tunis | 
20.7.2017

The absence of clean drinking water sources forces the population in some rural areas in Tunisia to resort to springs in high mountains, often facilitating the spread of disease.

Society Precious Drops: Alternatives in the Time of Grand Renaissance Dam
Islam Radwan | 
Egypt | 
20.7.2017

Even the most optimistic studies predict that Egypt will lose six billion cubic meters of water annually once the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in the Blue Nile in Ethiopia is completed. This loss will leave a million acres without sufficient irrigation, leading to arid lands and the loss of jobs, and threatens to displace millions […]

Thirsty Gafsa Residents Protest Mining Companies
Feten Khalifa | 
Tunis | 
19.7.2017

The phosphate-rich mining basin region in the southern Gafsa Governorate suffers repeated drinking water shortages and is currently facing the worst thirst problem in the country’s history.

Society The Delicate Question of the Nile
Ahmed Wael | 
Egypt | 
13.7.2017

After nearly a century of conflict over the Nile’s waters, Egypt has finally found a way to live without its historical rights and coexist with its basin partners.

Society “We Will Be Left Without Strategic Water Reserves Unless Large Floods Occur”
Mohammad Aliryan | 
Egypt | 
11.7.2017

A dialogue with Dr. Abbas Sharaqi, head of the Natural Resources Department at the Africa Research Institute, Cairo University, on the impact of Ethiopia’s ‘Renaissance’ dam on Egypt.

Dam Revives Mila State

It contains one fifth of all Algeria’s reservoirs and is now a favorite with tourists. But the Bani Haroon Dam was not built without controversy.

Two Billion Euros Spent and Tamanrasset Residents Get Salty Water

The government spent billions of euros only to deliver salty water to the southern city of Tamanrasset.

Can the Government Afford to Maintain the Water Subsidy?

The Algerian government is uncertain if it will be able to continue to subsidize drinking water for its citizens due to the financial crisis engulfing the North African country since the fall in the price of oil since 2014.

Sourcing Water in North Africa

In Tunisia, residents protest phosphate pollution, while in Egypt, scientists scramble to find alternative crops that require less water. Across the region, challenges loom over this precious resource.

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