A river boat sails in the Nile River past the Temple of Luxor in the southern Egyptian city on Sept. 9, 2017. (Photo: Khaled Desouki, AFP/Getty Images)CAIRO — About 2,500 years ago, the Greek historian Herodotus called Egypt the “Gift of the Nile." Today, Egyptians say their ancient ancestors would have done anything to protect their indispensable Nile River, and so should they. (Photo: Zacharias Abubeker, AFP/Getty Images)The Grand Renaissance Dam, standing more than 500 feet tall, is slated to become the biggest in Africa when it begins operations later this year. “It goes into the Nile water, which we drink.”“We have to tell our children not to build on the banks of the Nile,” said water engineer Omar Badaw in Luxor, Egypt.

Source: Ethiopian News September 29, 2017 15:22 UTC