TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MENNA ZAKI IN SUDAN, GRACE MATSIKO IN UGANDA, BASSEM ABOUALABBAS AND SARAH BENHAIDA IN EGYPT
A ship cruises in the Nile river waters at night before the shore of Giza, the twin-city of Egypt's capital Cairo, on October 15, 2022. - The Pharaohs worshipped it as a god, the eternal bringer of life, but the clock is ticking on the Nile. Climate change, pollution and exploitation by man is putting existential unsustainable pressure on the world's second longest river on which millions of Africans depend. (Photo by Amir MAKAR / AFP)