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The following article gives an overview of Sudanese water development facts and potentials and their regional impact on the other countries sharing the Nile River and beyond. These are set in relation to the unique environmental, socio-economic and political context of Sudan. While the availability of land for irrigation is great, water is limited due to Sudan’s situation upstream of Egypt and downstream of Ethiopia and the Equatorial Lakes. This geographical position makes Sudan take on a mediative approach to international relations in the Nile Basin. Recent steps to cooperation in the Nile Basin Initiative are presented; they highlight the enormous opportunities that exist in the cooperative development of the Nile.
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Received: 11 June 2004; revised manuscript accepted: 11 November 2004
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Hamad, O.ET., El-Battahani, A. Sudan and the Nile Basin. Aquat. Sci. 67, 28–41 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-004-0767-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-004-0767-9