BBCNEWS Damming The Nile February 23, 2018
Have the full round up of the news, but first, we look at the worlds longest river in this special programme damming the nile. The river nile is the worlds longest river. 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...