TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MENNA ZAKI IN SUDAN, GRACE MATSIKO IN UGANDA, BASSEM ABOUALABBAS AND SARAH BENHAIDA IN EGYPT
A man rows a dinghy towards the Nile river island of Qursayah off the coast of Giza, near Egypt's capital on September 29, 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 Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)