DRC seeks Rwanda’s support for the Nile Basin agreement

KIGALI - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Environment and Natural Resources Minister, Jose Bononge Endundo, is in Rwanda to lobby for the country’s support to get Egypt and Sudan on board of the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement. The two countries remain adamant to sign the pact that will bind all nine members of the Nile basin. Disagreements on River Nile security have split the Nile basin member countries with Egypt and Sudan arguing that Article 14, Clause B on Water Security should state that “not to adversely affect the water security and current uses and rights of any other Nile Basin State” instead of “not to significantly affect the water security of any other Nile Basin State.”