CAIRO (AP) — Egypt said Friday that Ethiopia has consistently lacked the political will to reach a binding agreement on its now-complete dam, an issue that involves Nile River water rights and the ...

But Nile Taxi — whose founders have worked in the maritime business for years — looks to the river, which is a reminder of Egypt's magnificent past and is still central to life here today.

The Nile River and Egypt have nearly always belonged in the same breath. The classic phrase, "He who has drunk from the Nile must return" is Egyptian -- not Ugandan, or Ethiopian, or from any ...

Ethiopia’s prime minister says the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile has been completed. Egypt has long opposed the dam, calling it an existential threat to its water supply. Egypt ...

Egypt’s population is growing briskly, however, and by the year 2017 at current rates of usage the Nile’s water will barely meet Egypt’s basic needs, according to the Ministry of Irrigation.

Stepping up to the table, the tourist squinted to make out what lay underneath the dusty glass top. “ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GAME, IVORY, 3,000 BC” read the typed index card next to several pale yellow ...

Most of Egypt is arid with almost no rainfall and relies on the Nile for 90% of its water. Africa's longest river flows through the city of Aswan around 920km (570 miles) south of the capital Cairo.

A regional partnership of 10 countries says an agreement on the equitable use of water resources from the Nile River basin has come into force despite the notable opposition of Egypt.

A new study bolsters a long-standing theory for the mystery of how ancient Egyptians built the massive pyramids of Giza: by taking advantage of a “now-defunct” arm of the Nile river to move ...

A now-extinct stretch of the Nile once flowed near Egypt’s Great Pyramid and likely played a key role in the construction of ancient monuments, according to new research.

In the popular imagination, the Nile River has been mythologized for centuries, most often in connection with Egypt. Moses was found on the banks of Egypt’s Nile. Pharaohs waged wars over Egypt’s ...