nile. the novel. the world's longest river. a seven thousand kilometers a lifeline for almost four hundred million people. flowing north the nile runs through ten countries from the highlands in the heart of africa to the shores of the mediterranean sea. a source of sustenance but also one of tension even the potential conflict. these tensions between countries along the river nile have their roots in the nineteenth century. colonial decisions of the past. are a point of bitter dispute today. and new political realities on the ground are increasing the sense of uncertainty over who owns the river nile. in september two thousand and five a team of explorers set off on a unique journey up the nile river. like you say at the mouth of the not. the longest river journey in the world. led by new zealand adventurer a chemical a team aimed at being the first expedition to travel up the nile to its furthest source. the first stage of the trek through egypt and. proved a breeze. but then the explorers encountered the sued the world's larg

the one nine hundred fifty nine full utilization of nile waters agreement allocated a new share of the river ahead of the completion of the ass one high down in egypt . once constructed the dam was due to save over thirty billion cubic meters of floodwater and. egypt share of the nile increased by several billion cubic meters sudan's limited share more than quadruple. the one nine hundred fifty nine agreement between egypt and sudan consolidated a renewed the lion's. muscle issue that egypt and who then formed a joint committee wants a bid for monitoring that it in the two countries looked at that and increasing its water flow was the ad that it allowed. one way to increase the nile waters was to resurrect a plan dating back to british colonial times. over twenty billion cubic meters of the nile waters carried downstream from the great lakes region a last buyback aeration in the huge swamp area of southern sudan known as the sewage. the plan was to dig a canal diverting the nile to bypass this area reducing the water loss it was cooled the jungle a canal. there was one problem. sedan was far

the nile the world's longest river. a seven thousand kilometers a lifeline for almost four hundred million people. flowing north the nile runs through ten countries. from the highlands in the heart of africa to the shores of the mediterranean sea. a source of sustenance but also one of tension even potential conflict. for centuries egypt has sought to be must of the not. seeking to tame the rivers some predictable flow until ensure exclusive control over its use. but today countries upstream much challenging this dominance and of pushing for a greater say and a greater share of the river nile. cairo capital of egypt. a teeming metropolis. that is grown on the banks of the nile. it's the first day of spring when egyptians from the roots of life. flock to the river. to celebrate the arrival of the new season. ticket to the america field of view of good and mostly every egyptian wants live by the nile is the thought that if they can't then at least they can sit and picnic there then the soviet a it's the place of their drea

nile. for many ethiopians, the river's water is sacred. and soon, it'll provide power to the country, too. which is what many egyptians, further downstream, are afraid of. the nile is the country's lifeline. but first, we head to china, where migrant workers are being ousted from cities en masse. where will they go? migrant workers make up a third of china's labor force. they are people who leave their villages and head to the metropolises in the hope of finding a decent job. for years they were absorbed into city life -- after all, they were a key factor in china's economic miracle. but many are still treated as third class citizens, and aren't even officially registered. it's estimated that there are 282 million migrant workers across china. beijing's population alone has trebled over the past 25 years. authorities say it's too much. they want millions of the migrant workers to leave. reporter: these migrant workers have been evicted from their homes in xinjian village on the outskirts of beijing. they have to be out by dawn. mr. liu has

life blood of the land they ruled over was the sacred nile river its regular flooding allow tall pongs and green gardens to flourish along its length human settlement was confined to the nile the flood plain beyond the reach of its life giving water and inhospitable desert again . three thousand years ago the gateway to trade with africa was here in new bia in what is now southern egypt. great quarries of mind supplied stone and gold in abundance for richly decorated buildings. but it was here on the upper reaches of the nile that ramsey is the second built his divine temples. great temples of abu simbel. according to egyptian mythology the sun god raised him so. elf made a ladder for the pharaoh to enter the inner temple using the rays of the rising sun . here were in the world beyond ruled by the god who is serious judge of the dead and ruler of the underworld when ramsey's enters the temple he enters the world of the dead and every day as the sun rises it's all serious who brings the pharaoh back to life rejuvenating it again. like a guard of honor eight metre tall supporting pillar

to mcculloch kwame grew up on the white nile. river means a lot to me because i was born in a village near the river as i was growing up we never had to bore holes we never tap water so we were going to the river to get water for everything i think some people are just what the river means to us and others don't go deep into thinking of the. so deep in that they think of it as like a river which provides drinking water water. water for the. river also provides jobs juma fell in love with water sports when he was a child eventually he turned it into his profession. it's not a shed but it's quite where you believe that the recent thing to do is the river which is to retrace like the river is like god do you go there you pray you ask for things you get there not so much but i still have a little bit of belief in the. us that we've got to give me money in the. local nor has it the river gods live in the rapids some of these gods might play tricks on unsuspecting rafters. this part of the lake was once full of white water too but then a dam

this thing called global three thousand we're off to the blue nile for many ethiopians the rivers water is sacred soon it'll provide power to the country too. which is what many egyptians further downstream are afraid of the nile is the country's lifeline. but first we have to china where migrant workers are being ousted from cities on mass where will they go. migrant workers make up a third of china's labor force they are people who leave their villages and head to the metropolises in the hope of finding a decent job for years they were absorbed into city life after all they were a key factor in china's economic miracle but many are still treated as third class citizens and aren't even officially registered it's estimated that there are two hundred eighty two million migrant workers across china beijing's population alone has trebled over the past twenty five years authorities say it's too much they want millions of the migrant workers to leave. these migrant workers have been evicted from the. homes in change village on the outskirts of beijing they have to be out by dawn. mistily you

this week on global three thousand we're off to the blue nile for many ethiopians the rivers will say is sacred soon it will provide power at that country.

the deadlock over the building of africa's largest dam along the nile river in ethiopia has been resolved egypt sudarsan ethiopia had been at loggerheads over the project but a short time ago leaders from the three countries met on the sidelines of the african union summit in addison. let's get more this now joins me now live from the ethiopian capital of course the great big debate really about the issue of water distribution and availability has been a contentious one for many years for not just these three countries that have managed to find a solution. so has this is an issue which is likely to continue over the coming weeks and months. danny's and egyptian president arrived. against the backdrop of mounting tension the egyptians accuse say that they are very much concerned about the dam which is being built by the europeans saying that it could disrupt the flow of water to the downstream desert nation of. so all the nations were trying to get their act together set aside their differences and negotiate a deal but suddenly there was this problem over the triangle between egypt and sud

the river nile is one of the world's most important water resorts says nearly a quarter of a billion people depend on it africa's largest hydro dam the grand ethiopian renaissance dam is set to begin filling up this reservoir in the new year and it's not clear what that will mean for other countries downstream so the four point eight billion dollar megaproject. it is raising massive concerns about water rights egypt calls it a matter of life or death but so does ethiopia which needs the dam to transform its economy. says previous agreements on water sharing our outdated and now egypt as i asked the world bank to step in as a neutral party. we usually work and cooperate to avoid any kind of tension and there are some issues that should be taken away and separated from others and i think the water issue of egypt sudan in ethiopia should bring us together in the union because it's the issue related to the future and the interest of the three countries. will not bring any significant harm upon the egyptian side and we are working at the state of the us we are trying to be very transparen

their story on talk to al-jazeera at this time the current tensions between countries along the river nile have their roots in the colonial cost from egypt point of view cannot attend an agreement because it feels a victory for a new political realities on the ground or increasing the sense of uncertainty over clunes that with a mild there was a need to view the elderly and how all the countries through which the male voice can be defeated could topple the struggle over the nile at this time on al-jazeera . yemen's prime minister appeals for calm after seven separatists seize government buildings in aden.

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egyptians fear the dam once slow the flow of water in the river nile some sudanese fear eritrea may backegypt in any conflict over the dam government model. when we declared a state of emergency we close the borders it means what it means i can't tell it to gyptian forces are stationed in eritrea or not but as a nation we take precautions for a national security so we close the border and with the state of emergency it's natural to have military forces on the border a lot just as a precaution for national security. eritrea says it's not hosting foreign forces and the deployment of sudanese forces was unnecessary because a mint one body called what is said that egypt has weapons in eritrea and soldiers is fabricated news created by the sudanese intelligence to justify the joint deployment forces between the two countries in the state of cussler on eritrea's border it's an attempt for them to escape from their internal issues see sudan's eastern borders have always been a security challenge now with a state of emergency and they increase the military force so then is hoping for an improvem

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current tensions between countries along the river nile have their roots in the colonial past. interview tonight attention and agreement. sickles victory for the new political realities on the ground or increasing the sense of uncertainty over the world is the rhythm there was a need to do that every week and how the country's always been a voice can be in the temple struggle overnight but this time on all this is. welcome back to the i was there and use our arms a whole romney a reminder of our top stories russian jets continue to pound rebel held areas of as moscow holds its version of political talks on syria's future it's one of the backers of president bashar al assad but the main opposition groups and the kurds are not attending the talks in sochi. i still says it's behind an attack on a military academy in the afghan capital that killed five soldiers five of the attackers were also killed in the fight. rights groups are warning that wrecking a refugee is particularly girls are being increasingly targeted by human traffickers at camps in bangladesh more than six hundred f