10/10/2025
Cairo | While the Nile Basin countries are busy confronting the impacts of climate change, Egypt is quietly working on a dangerous project to divert the course of the Nile River within its territory under the guise of “flood protection” — a move considered the most serious attempt to seize control of the Nile’s waters in modern history.
Cairo has not only opposed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and discredited Ethiopia’s development projects but has also begun physically altering the river’s path in its favor, holding back the flow before it reaches Sudan and Ethiopia — in blatant disregard of international agreements that ensure fair distribution of water resources.
A Threat to Sudan
Amid the absence of a strong central government in Khartoum, Egypt proceeds unchallenged, exploiting Sudan’s internal weakness and divisions to impose a new reality that endangers Sudan’s water and agricultural future.
The new river channel will alter the natural flow of water and reduce its passage toward Sudanese lands — a sign of an imminent drought and thirst unless immediate action is taken.
Background of the Project
Internally, the project is known in Egyptian circles as the “Alternative Nile” or “New Artificial River.”
It has been secretly implemented for years under what Cairo calls its “Water Security Protection Plan.”
The real objective is to gain full control over the river’s flow and undermine the influence of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam.
Engineering sources confirm that excavation work has already begun near sections of the Nile’s original course.
The media in Sudan and Ethiopia must raise their voices now, before the river becomes Egypt’s exclusive property.
The Nile is not a political boundary, but a lifeline for entire nations — and whoever changes its course is committing an assault on history, geography, and humanity.
