TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MENNA ZAKI IN SUDAN, GRACE MATSIKO IN UGANDA, BASSEM ABOUALABBAS AND SARAH BENHAIDA IN EGYPT
A picture shows a view of sand dunes on the bank of the Nile River, in the Kassinger Islands of Sudan's Northern State, on October 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 ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP)