BBCNEWS Damming The Nile February 25, 2018
Its where the worlds first war over water could be fought. The first of its two great tributaries, the white nile, flows from lake victoria, but ourjourney begins in ethiopia, following the blue nile from lake tana, as it sweeps through africas grand canyon to where a dam is being built, close to the sudan border. Lake tana, the source of the river, is a place of myth and legend. Its the biggest lake in ethiopia and many of its 37 islands have their own monasteries. Its a very sacred place for ethiopian orthodox christians. This monastery dates back to the 14th century. Some of these paintings...