South Sudan Signs Nile Treaty

Last month on July 8, the South Sudanese parliament – the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) – ratified the Nile Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA), a modern treaty that outlines the principles, rights and obligations for cooperation, management and development of the River Nile’s water resources.

In effect, the new treaty, if it goes into force this October, will replace the colonial agreements of 1902, 1929 and 1959. These have been said to favour both Egypt and Sudan on the…