TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MENNA ZAKI IN SUDAN, GRACE MATSIKO IN UGANDA, BASSEM ABOUALABBAS AND SARAH BENHAIDA IN EGYPT
Women carry collected stalks as they walk on the bank of the Nile river, near the Sixth Cataract known as the "Salbouka" waterfall and one of the most prominent tourist areas in Sudan, about 100Km north of the capital on October 22, 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 ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP)