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Men of the Madi tribe fishing with bows and arrows at the Fola Rapids on the White Nile, close to the Ugandan border near Nimule, Sudan, circa 1952. Nimule is now in the Republic of South Sudan. Original publication: Picture Post – 5638 – Bowmen Fishers Of The Nile – pub. 15th March 1952 (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
AFRICA

Water shortages cause conflicts across Africa

With 700 million people at risk of being displaced by water scarcity by 2030, and no way to increase the world’s potable water supply, the continent must mitigate the risk via…

  • Robin Scher
6 min read