{"id":9622,"date":"2020-05-13T10:29:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T07:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=9622"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:31:04","slug":"the-nile-the-livelihoods-that-egypt-robbed-and-the-conflicts-it-perpetuates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2020\/05\/13\/the-nile-the-livelihoods-that-egypt-robbed-and-the-conflicts-it-perpetuates\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nile : The Livelihood\u2019s that Egypt Robbed and the Conflicts It Perpetuates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Egyptian Misrepresentation of History Perpetuates Ethiopia\u2019s Poverty <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

History teaches us that about 450 BCE, the Greek historian named Herodotus called Egypt the \u201cGift of the Nile.\u201d He did not know that 86 percent<\/strong> of this mighty river that made Egyptian civilization possible originated from the Ethiopian highlands, an upstream riparian nation. He did not know that, this mighty river, the longest in the world, moved billions of tons of fertile soils that allowed Egypt to produce cotton, wheat, rice, fruits and vegetables etc. and thereby transforming the desert into a livable and vibrant environment. Egypt benefitted. Ethiopia did not!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nile supplies fresh drinking water, generates energy and provides electricity to 100 percent of the Egyptian population. For the most part, this \u201cgift\u201d has enabled Egypt\u2019s inhabitants to mitigate the horrors of famine and starvation. It has also provided the requisite natural resources environment to settle, thrive, create and build marvels in the form of pyramids. I suggest that, without this \u201cgift\u201d Egypt would have been unable to establish a nation with its own identity.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast forward to 2020, compare and contrast Egypt\u2019s and Ethiopia\u2019s human development indices for 2019 and judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n