Egypt's Aggressive Nile Policy No Longer Serves the Region

[Reporter] The Blue Nile water policy maintained by Cairo is a manifestation of an outdated, rigid, and aggressive posture that defies modern standards of international cooperation. While the river has sustained civilizations for millennia across the Horn and Northeast Africa, modern geopolitics have transformed this natural gift into a persistent arena of contention. At the center of this tension lies Egypt's historical water policy--a framework defined not by equity, but by possessiveness, rigidity, and coercion.