Seasonal flooding has long been part of the lifestyle of pastoral communities around the Sudd, the largest wetlands in Africa, in the Nile River floodplain. But since the 1960s the swamp has kept ...

The Egyptians have had a very different relationship with the Nile. For thousands of years, they referred to its annual flooding as the "Gift of the Nile." Each summer, like clockwork, the river ...

The Nile's predictable flooding allowed Egyptians to turn their arid homeland into the breadbasket of the region. And the easy-to-navigate Egyptian section made transporting raw materials for ...

Lieutenant Anisa Mukashema, commander of the UNMISS Female Engagement Team from Rwanda, reaffirmed the mission’s dedication ...

Seasonal flooding has long been part of the lifestyle of pastoral communities around the Sudd, the largest wetlands in Africa, in the Nile River floodplain. But since the 1960s the swamp has kept ...

We even measure the level of the River Nile to see how much flooding we can expect. We have three seasons: Akhet, the flooding season, Peret, the growing season and Shemu, the harvesting season.

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We even measure the level of the River Nile to see how much flooding we can expect. We have three seasons: Akhet, the flooding season, Peret, the growing season and Shemu, the harvesting season.

United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) peacekeepers assess security and living conditions in Ulang and Maban counties ...